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THE 



BANKERS DAUGHTER, 



OR 



LILIANS LAST LOVF. 



A DRAMA 



IN FIVE ACTS AND SIX TABLEAUX 



BY 



BRONSON HOWARD 






OOP-iBTGHTBD 



UBRA r OF CONGRESS. 



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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 






THE 



BANKER'S DAUGHTER, 



OR 



LILIAN'S LAST LOVE. 



A DRAMA 



IN FIVE ACTS AND SIX TABLEAUX 



BY 



BRONSON HOWARD 



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PEOPLE I M THE PLAY 



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J H N STREBELOW. 



HAROLD RO'UTLEDGE, 



COUNT DE CAROJAC, 



LAWRENCE WESTBR OOK. 



B A B B A G E. 



G. W. ; p H I P P S. 



MONTV I LLA I S, 



BROWN. 



LILLIAN* 



FLORENCE ST. VINCENT, 



AUNT FANNY. 



L I Z E T T E. 



NATAL I E, 



FOOTMAN, 



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ACT _!_» 

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scene. 

SET. 

; HANDSOME LIBRARY IN THE HOUSE OF LAW- 
"~RENCE WESTBROOK, NEW YORK. RICH FUR- 

NITURE, INCLUDING HANDSOME JAPANESE 
SCREEN. 

AT RISE OF CURTAIN, ENTER R.U.D. WEST- 
• BROOK, FOLLOWED BY FOOTMAN . ; 

WEST* 
: CROSSING AND SITTING L. OF TABLE. • A POACHFD EGG, SOME ANCHOVY 

TOAST, A LITTLE CHETNA, SOME TEA; IN THE MEANTIME, THE PAPERS, AND 
WHATEVER MAIL THERE IS. • SITTING AT TABLE. ] I FEEL A SORT OF 

SHIVERING SENSATION, I SEEM TO FEEL A DRAUGHT, PULL THAT SCREEN 
AROUND HERE, THAT WILL DO ; WHAT TIME I 3 I T? 

FOOTMAN* 



HALF PAST TWO, SIR. THE PAPERS ARE ON THE TABLE. 

WEST. 

VERY WELL J GET THE MAIL. 

FOOT 1/ . 
YES, SIR. : EXIT R.U.B. : 

WEST. 
j VAWNINQ AND SHIVERING, OPENING HERALD.: I r 1 1 NK BAOBAGC I 
I IUST BE A FOOL, TO SIT UP LIS! I I ICICTY I 

REALLY TAKE MO INTFRET I . WHAT THE DEUCF r I T TO PLAIN LA 

RENCE WE3TPR00K, DANKER A" , THE I ■ORMMAN I 

IS, THAT HE SHOULD SIT UP TILL FIVE IN THE MORNING TO HEAR I. 
CUSSED? THAT CAROJAC MUST DE A WIZARD, TNOUQH, IF HE 

HALF THOSE FEATS. I BUPPOBf NOW, THAT FELLOW WOULD RATHER RUN A 

MAN THROUGH THE BODY THAI I ' ll T A FORTUNE, HE I L V 



FOREIGN NOBLEMAN THAT NEVER ASKED ME TO CASH A NOTE FOR HIM. 

; ENTER FOOTMAM R, U. D, : 
HE SAYS HE HA3 A GREATER FAVOR THAN THAT TO ASK . 



NOW AT TABLE. : 



FOOTMAN. 
THE MAIL, SIR. 



WEST. 

: TAKING LETTERS OFF SALVER, I 
TABLE.? SEC TO MY BREAKFAST. 



VERY WELL. 



PLACES LETTERS ON 



YES, SIR. 



JFj)OjrMAN. 
J EXIT R. U. D.: 



WES T. 

! FIXING ON PARTICULAR COLUMN I N THE HERALD,; MORE FAILURE:,! 

LONDON CATCHES IT SOMETIMES AS WELL AS NEW YORK. NONE OF THESE 

Cftr.' AFFECT US, HOWEVER. THE GOLD BALANCE AT THE CLEARING HOUSE, 

**THQ FOUR — TWENTY - NINE, FIVE.'' HM 1 HANG I Tl I CAN' T GET 
UP ANY INTEREST IN ANYTHING. : THR0W3 PAPER DOWN. j LET ME SEE 

THESE, ; OPENS LETTERS. ; BAOBAGE OUGHT TO HAVE THIS. J TAKES 

UP ANOTHER.: THE REGULAR QUARTERLY BILL OF LILLIAN'S DRESSMAKER. 

J_ TAKES UP ANOTHER.: FROM STREBELOWj WHAT CAN HE WRITE ABOUT? 

I SAW HIM YESTERDAY. ; OPENS LETTER.; READS.: PEP. I' I N TO AD- 

OPTS R MY DAUGHTER AS A SUITOR. : LOOKS PLEASED,: THIS |S GRAT- 

*M 



IFYING — I KNOW FEW MEN I RESPECT MORE THAN JOHN STREDEL' . 



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SORRY'. IT WOULD NOT BE MAY AND DECEMBER, BUT IT WOULD BE MAY AND 
OCTOBER. STPEPELOV MUST BE FORTY. RICH, HONORED, WELL BORN, A 
MAN OF UNUSUAL INTELLECT. I WISH HE WERE RUT TEN YEARS YOUNGER, 
? L00K3 AT LETTER . • ILL CALL FOR MY ANSWER THI^ AFTERNOON. HE 
CAN HAVE MY PERMISSION, HE'LL NEVER GAIN HER . 

LILLIA . 



• HEARD L AUr. HINO OUTSIDE. • SERIOUSj WHY, COUNT, I CAM 9 T DE 
RIO" . 

CAROJAC. 
: OUTSIDE. SPEAKS WITH FRENCH ACCENT.: WHEN WILL YOU RE? 



LILLIAN. 
: BURSTING INTO ROOM, R,P. I l I t; WHIP,* WHENEVER \ 
ARE MERRY. 



CAROJAC. 
; rOLLOWINQ tN RIDING DRESS. WHIP,; BUT,. MADEVOI SELLE, YOU AL- 

WAYS TREAT ME THE SAME WAY, YOU WILL NEVER GIVE ME THE ANSWER, 

YOU PARRY ALL MY ATTACKS WITH A LAUGH. 

LILLIAN. 
I LAUGHING LY. ! WITH SO EXPERT A CHEVALIER I MUST FENCE AS BEST I 

MAY. ::o SHIELD 30 SAFF AGAIHST )*if POINT or A PROPOSAL AS A LADY»9 

LAUGH, YOU KNOW — THAT 1 S YOUR BALZAC* S ARHORI' . DO NOT LOOK HO 

SAD. YOU SEEM LIKE A DON i.UUCOTE HOLOING YOUR WHIP AS A SMALL 

SWORD I 

CARP. 
: VEXED. : BUT — 

SOME OTHER DAY, COUNT, HOME OTHER DAY. 

CARD* 
I W4N0T WAIT; I MUST RETURN TO PARIS. 

LILL. 
: A RCHLY, CROSSING. TO R, ; GOOD-BYE 1 . SEND ME SOME GLOVES. 

CARQ. 
• BITTERLY,: , VOU WOULD NOT MOCK YOURSELF OF MR, ROUTLEDGE SO. 

LILL . 

SIR! YD 1 '- NO RIGHT? 

CARO. 



I OFFEND YOU — I BEG YOUR PARDON, BUT I OFFER YOU -- 

LILL. 
; ASIDE,? WHAT I DON 1 T WANT. 

CAR . 

T " r AND TITLE OF A I IAN, AND YOU ILL MO* * 

SWER. RUT I WILL WAIT AND CALL TO-NloilT, 

Lli . 
TO- MORROW. 



4* 



CARO. 
TO-NIGHT. 

LlLL. 
INDEED! I HAY NOW NEXT WEEK — NEXT MONTH — NEXT YEAR, IF I WISH, 
AND TILL THEN, COUNT DE CAROJAC, AU REVOIR. 

: EXITS LAUGHING, SNAPPING KER WH,IP,R.3.E: 

CARO. 
SHE MOCKS HERSELF OF ME. A WEEK AGO SHE WAS WITH ROUTLEDGE WHEN 
I CALL, SHE MAKE SPORT OF ME THEN, TOO, AND HE LAUGH. IF I CATCH, 
• CLUTCHING HIS WHIP ; M. F. UTLEDGE IN PARIS, I MAY FIND A CHANCE 
TO MAKE HIM SMILE WlZ DE OOER SIDE OF HIS MOUTH. 

j GOING OFF R. I. E» I 

WEST. 
: FR OM BEHIND SCREEN, LAUGHIN G.: COME HERE COUNT, COME HERE, 
3 WE3T. RISES, COMES FORWARD.: YOU UUST NOT BE OFFENDED WITH 
Lltu V!, ' ■ r. n a ^POlLr? CHILD, put to be PRANK »ITH you, I BUST 
TELL YOU I AM PRETTY CERTAIN YOU HAVE NO CHANCE Wl TH HER. WITH 
ALL HER GIDDINE53, IF SHE AT ALL ENTERTAINED YOUR PROPOSAL, SHE IS 
NATURALLY TOO TRUE TO SO RECEIVE IT. 

CAPO. 
jdHM — | vl LL GO 3\CK TO PARIS, I ONLY WAIT HERE FOR HER ANSWER. 
WHEN I HEAR H^R ENGAGEMENT WITH M. ROUTLEDGE WAS, WHAT YOU CALL, 
BROKE — I FLATTER MEESELF I /II3H7 — ': ENTER FANNY R.I»E,: AH, 
MADAME WOLCOMB. 

3 BOWS. 

FANNY. 
: R 3 I HOPr, COUNT, you ,v:o LILLIAN MAD a PLEASANT RtOK, 

CAR ). 



• C : MLLC, WCSTBRC IK ENJOYED IT VLi.Y MUCH. SHE LAUGHED ALL THC 

TIME I ASIDE!,: AT E 1 

FANNY. 
A PAD AUGURY FOR YOU, COUNT. 

CA . 
OH, YfTS, I HAVE WAtt MY COMJC', AND NOW WILL TAKE Mt HACK TO PARI . 



M WES TB ROOK, YOU Wl LL GOON, I HOPE, GIVE ME OPPORTUNITY TO REPAY 
THERE, THE HOSPITALITY YOU TENPER ME HERE. 



WEST. 



3 SHAKING HANDS WITH THE COUNT^T I SHALL BE ONLY TOO HAPPY, COUNT, 
BELIEVE ME. 



CAJ.O, 



: CROSSING TO R, 3 THEN GOOD-BYE. 

8E9T. 
: l»c; A pleasant voyage. 



FANNY. 



» C : GOOD-BYE, COUNT. 



CARP. 
: TO WE STB ROOK.: MUCH THANKS, 



3 r> fa,-j:jy # ; good-BYC, 
: EXIT R. L. o. 3 



FANNY. 
30 LILLIAN HAS REFUSED THE COUNT? 



iv :. 7. 
LAUGHING.; SHE MERELY LAUGHED AT HIM. 



I HAP TO DO THE REFUSING. 



FANNY. 
I SITTING ON OTTOMAN,; WELL, I'M GLAD IT IS OVER. ROUT* 

LEDGE FELL OUT ABOUT HtMj AND WHILE HE REMAINED HERE IT 61 
IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW WHAT V.I GMT HAPPEN. 

! LAUG1 l .: I CERTAINLY DID NOT WIS! I 7MC COUNT FOR A 30N-IN-LAW, 
A .'0 I'm VERY 9LAD MY LITTLE GIRL HAD TOO MUCH -N'T. TO ' E CAUGHT 
•V Hi! ilTLE. HIS CHARACTER I not EXACTLY WHAT I LIKE, HEADY ro 
QUAP.f'EL, A DUELLIST, AND 3EEMINQ TO I IT OUT ), ! E I . BIENT OF 

HIS ANCESTOR';' CHIVALRY, ITS UftAQf, AND iUT ONE QUALITY OF THEIR 

WIT, ITtt CYNICI . A CI I CLU ACUUAI . CE, UUT m\ - 

LAW FOR ME. BETTER HAROLD ROUTIEOGE. EVEN, 



fanny. 
3 APPROVIfJf.LY. 3 MUCH SETTER. 



0. 



: f;:tef. FO OTMAN r;. u. E»j 



FOOTMAN. 
YOUR BREAKFAST IS READY, SIR. 



WEST. 
VERY WELL. 



: SERVANT PUTS SCREEN UP. : 

FANNY. 
U*»™«*1 YOUR BREAKFAST AT THREE IN The AFTERS I 

WEST. J CROSSING TO R. : 

FANNY, 
A BETTER HUSBAND J WHO? 

WEST. 

JOHN STREBELOW. 

FANNY. 
A NOBLC B » tt £M«,, BUT H, , 8 „ LD _ T00 0LI1 f0R A , |pg QF eishteen> 

WEST. 
NOT FORTY YET. 

HUT |«M GUBE LILLIAN LOVES HAROLD ROUTLEtfSE. 
, WEST. 

*LF„ t o HAKCOWT, rrr you »n a spue . H | .a 10 



FANNY. 



; ' ■ ' n,,-. ,..= 0I0 n VOU aut^ .r .NAT W>U . 



WEST. 
WELL, WELL, SISTER, |»M NOT GOING TO SELL THE GIRL, WE'LL TALK OF 
HER AGAIN, AFTER I * VE HAO MV RREAKFA3T. 

: EX I TS R. U* D* : 

* 

F ANNY, 
5 SOLUS* J SELL THE G I RL I NO — NOT AT SO MUCH A POUND, I SUPPOSE! 
OUT LIKE OTHER FATHERS YOU* LL SUPPLY HEP. A MENTOR WHERE SHE WANT3 
A HUSBAND; AND GIVE HER A STONE WHERE SHE ASKS FOR BREAD, ON THE 
PLEA THAT THE STONE IS A DIAMOND* 

; SITS R* OF B. TABLE*? ? 

: ENTER LILLIAN R* U* D* 2 

LILL. 
; LAUGHING,; IS THE COUNT GOME? OOOO MORNING, AUNT. 

; KISSES FANNY*: 

FANNY. 
YE;,, PET. SO YOU REFUSED HIM? 

LILL. 
OF COURSE I DID. COUNTSHIP, CASTLE, CHIVALRY AND ALL. IT WAS S 

VERY FUNNY TO SEE Hi . 

; LAUGHS.? 
FANNY. 



; LOOKING AT HER* • I THOUGHT VOU 170ULD* 

LILL. 

YOU KNEW I WOULD. WHEN | LA AT HIM, WHICH WAS FROM THE 

DOOR TC MT, ST. VINCENT, AND FROM MT, ST. VINCENT TO THE DOOR AGAIN 

ME LOOKED AS IF HE'O LIKE T CALL ME OUT. 

:L/ J . ': 

FANNY. 
THIS 19 THE FOURTH OFEER YOU HAVE REFUSED IN TWO WEEKS. 

LILL^ 



18 If? I nON»T WANT TO HARRY, I'M AS HAPPY AS A LARK AND J;i 
§AY, I*V1 DONE NOTHINO BUT LAUCH ALL THE M 01*4 IN 0, |. 

FUN, 

j. LAUGHo HYSTERICALLY* I 



8. 



FANNY. 
| TAKING HER B Y THE WAIST.: LILLIAN, YOU ARE VERY MISERABLE. 

LILL. 



; LOOKS UP AT FANNY. HER HYSTERICAL LAUGHTER GRADUAL LY BEC QME3 

HYSTERICAL SOBBING, AND AS FANNY LEAPS HER- TO CHAIR L»H, SINKS INTO 
IT AN D BURS TS I N TO TEARS . : MY HEART IS BREAKING^ 

FANNY. 
: sighing.: I KNOW, DEAR — I KNOwt HAROLD ROUTLEOCE SAILS FOR 
EUFOPE TO-MORROW. 

LILL. 
; SOBBING,; l*VE TRIED GO HARD — '.-,0 HARD — TO FORGET Httt« I 

SENT HIM BACK O'JR EN — EN©A<! T RING. I ' VE DUNE ALL I COULD TO 

DRIVE HIM FROM VY Ml NO. I STAID UP? HALF THE NIGHT, READING ALL HIS 
L ITERS ' I — I — BURNED THEM. 

FANNY. 



UY POOR DAftLfNS, LISTEN TO ME* I LOST MY POOR ALFRED JUST IN THE 

SAME WAY'. DO'!»T REPEAT MY MISTAKE* WRITE TO HAROLD, TELL HIM TO 
COME TO YOU. 

LILL, 



': RISING, CROSSING TO R, J NEVER} NEVER J IF MY HEART WERE TO 
BREAK A THOUSAND TIMES OVER I WOULD NOT DO THAT* IT |9 HIS PLACE 
TO WRITE TO ME. HE WAS IN THE WRON8, 

■ WALKS UP AND DOWN THE STAGE»; 

FANNY . 
IN THE WRONG? 

LILL. 



HE SHOULD HAVE ,'. | E BETTER, THAN TO FLY AT ME H OUT A MERE 
FLIRT" I I TH THE C E CAROJAC. IT WA! 

ALL IN FUN, 

FA"NY. 



WELL, .'ELL, \ , L~T UE '" I Tf TO HIM, LET ME TELl HIM YOU HAVE 

REFUSED THE COUNT. 



£• 



LILL» 
' DCMURCLY » • nUT *«**. HE MUr,T NOT THINK I ASKED YOU TO WRITE, 

FANNY. 



; SMIL IMC, t CERTAINLY NOT. 

! CROSSES TO R.: 



LILL. 

AND YOU'LL TELL HIM I REFUSED THREE OTHER OFFERS? 

FANNY. 
: SMILING, ; INDEED I WILL. 

LILL. 



AND — AND ASK HIM TO — TO CALL AND SEE — AND SEE YOU. 

FANNY. 
EXACTLY. 

LILL. 



: TAKING FANNY'S HEAD IN HER HANDS AND KISSING IT. : OH, YOU DAR- 
LING GOOD AUNTi 

FANNY» 
! K < 39 *N Q LILL IA N^? | AM DOING WHAT I KNOW YOUR MOTHER WOULD DO 
IF SHE WERE ALIVE TO DO IT. WHAT : SIGHING ; SHE WOULD HAVE DONE 
FOR ME, HAD I BEEN WISE ENOUGH TO LET HER. | ' LL GO TO MY ROOM AND 

WRITE THE LETTER. 

.LILL. 

you'll let ME SHE I T? 

FANNY. 
CERTAINLY NOT. IT IS NONE OF YOUR PLAINEST., YOU KNOW. 

j lau&hj . ; 

' LILL. 



= WITH FRANK, HEAWT V LAUGH THIS TIME.: AH, AHl OF COURSC NOT, 
I FORGET, l'r/ SO HAPPY. 

FANNY. 
HEA-' ANT YOU MAY CONTINUE SO, MY DARLING. 

KIT R.u. . 



10. 



LILL. 
: I30LUS. • WILL HE COME? I IN AFFECTED DOUB T.; I RATHER THINK 
HE WILL. I WONDER HOW MY EYES LOOK, ? GOES TO CLASS, L00K3 AT 
HER SELF, TOUCHES UP HER HAIR.; I AM PRETTY SURE HE WILL CO*F.. 

: ENTER FLORENCE ST . VINCENT. • 



FLORENCE. 
HOW DE DOO, LILLIAN? 

LILL. 

! TURNING FROM GLASS. ; FLORENCE^ 

FLORENCE. 
: BITTING ON SOFA.! RIDING WITH THE COUNT OE CAROJAC, EH? I SAW 
YOU RIDF BY OUR HOUSE. ARE YOU TO PE A COUNTESS? I CM* T THE COUNT 
MAGNIFICENT? THEY SAY HE* 3 FOUGHT SIX DUELS, AND HE* S A REAL GEN- 
TLEMAN, FRESH FROM PARIS, LIKE THE NEW SPRING OONNETS JUST IMPORTED. 
I'VE BEEN ON THE BOULEVARD RIDING WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON PHIPPS, 
BEHIND HIS NEW MATCHED TEAM, CHESTNUTS, 2.37 — I SUPPOSE YOU' VET 
HEARD THE NEWS? 



WHAT NEWS, DEAR? 

I'M GOING TO BE MARRIED. 



LILL. 



FLORENCE. 



LILL. 



BT0NI9HED.1 MARRIED? TO WHOM? 

FLORENCE. 
MUM I TO OLD MR. BROWN, THE MILLIONAIRE. 

LILL. 
TO MT;. BROWN* WHY, HE |S NEARLY SFVFNTY, 

FLORENCE. 
EXACTLY BIXTY*NINE THE TWENTY-' I OF LAST FEBRUARY. HE 
he':; ONLY FIFTY-NINC« 'hit I KN . I BOH IT marry him 
IF HE WERE ONLY FIFTY- I FIFTY-TWO YEARS BETWEEN 
ALWAYS OUGHT TO 



I 1. 



nut. 

SURELY, FLORENCE, YOU ARE MOT SERIOUS. 

TO SUCH A SACRIFICE. 



YOUR FATHER CANNOT CONSENT 



FLORENCE, 
MY FATHER IS DELIGHTED I IT IS NOT EVERY MAN THAT HAS A SON-IN-LAW 
OLD ENOUGH TO BE HIS FATHER* IN-LAW. MY YOUNGEST SON WILL OE 
THIRTY-ElCfHT YEARS OLD, WHEN THE MINISTER PRONOUNCES ME MR. DROWN* S 
WIFE. I'LL BE A GRANDMOTHER. ONE OF MY GRAND-DAUGHTERS IS NEAR- 
LY AS OLD AS I AM, ALREADY. BROWN IS A MILLIONAIRE, THREE TIMES 
OVER AT LEA3T. FATHER IS PRESIDENT OF A LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 
AND HE KNOWS ABOUT OUCH THINGS. HE SAYS THE AVERAGE OF LIFE, OVER 
SEVENTY, IS ABOUT FIVE YEARS. ALLOW FIVE MORE, FOR UNTOWARD ACCI- 
DENT, TEN YEARS — I * LL BE ONLY TWENTY-NINE. THAT'S YOUNG, YOU 
KNOW, FOR A RICH WIDOW. 

LILL. 



oh, Florence! marriage js r.nr a .joke. 



FLORENCE. 



I0UL.0 LIKE TO KNOW "/NAT IS. 



LAUGH 



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I HAV # N' T urrv. 



MY FACE STRAIGHT FIVE MINUTES AT A TIME, SINCE I TOLD 
OLD MR, DROWN l*D DE HIS WIFE. 

; LAUGHS, ; 

I ENTER FOOTMAN, FOLLOWED OY BAUBAGE,R. . 



FOOTMAN. 
I'LL SPEAK TO MR. WESTBROOK, SIR, 

• EXIT R. U. D.; 



OI-, MR. DARriAGE'. 



LILL. 

; GOES TO HIM AS HE MOVES DOWN ST AGE. AIP 

".ivi r. -:i \! ;-f)T'H !-irrt hanpt,. ■ 

' -'C(- t 



how no you no, mr. izl 






' 1 TH LI LL lA v ' f S HA ' IDS | ' , )\ | AT Fl CE . 7 

LILL. U TSU — TSU'. HEIGHOS ' 



PL All ' OLL 



12. 



LILLIAN LOOK AT EACH OTHER AMD LAUGH.- I HAVE IMPBQTANT BUSINESS 
WITH YOUR FATHER, L ILL I A.M. 

♦ MOVES TO MANTEL. LOOKS AT PAPERS, . : 

LILL. 

} going. • , FLORENCE* 

FLORENCE. 
; ASIDE TO LILL. AS THEY CO. ; BROWN 1 5, AT i .::.•■■ T f FIFTEEN YEARS 

OLDER THAN HE I . 

: LAUGHS*! 



Florence! 



L! LL. 

: LILL AND FLORENCE EXIT. 

FLORENCE. 



; BEYOND THE DOOR. LAUGHING.] IT IS SUCH A LOKE ON L30TH OF US. 

; HER LAUGH IS HEARD EYING AWAY tN THE 

,., <;-.-, v .'.?r.:. : 

B APR AGE. 
j SI TTING L»C. ; FIFTY THOUSAND — A HUNDRED AMD FIFTY — SIXTY- 
FIVE — THE REGISTERED BONDS — THIRD NATIONAL. 

I ENTER LEISURELY AND YAWNING, WE^tBROOK.: 

WE STB ROOK. 

AH, DABS AGE. 

BABPAGF. 
JUST UP? THREE P.M. EXCUSE MY DI8TURI I ' ) EARLY IN THE 
MORNING. 

WEST. 



: BITTING ON OTTOMAN* 1 RlGHI FROtJl THC OFFICE, I SUPPO FOR 

heaven's sake, bon't talk sir • BS TO :*r to-', y, .:. i was 

OUT LATE LAOT NIGHT, AND I HAVE A WRETCHED MEAD-AC ' - 



■ L . . : YOU HAVE A Hr - . ll, I've ..or liOMI 

TO CURE YOU -ACHE. 

IT, 



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3AD1AQE. 
WESTDROOK, YOU'RE A FOOL'. 

WEST. 
THANK YOU. 

PAPRACE. 
HOW MUCH I S THIS MOUSE WORT':? 

WEST, 
SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND. WHY DO YOU ASK? 

nAnoArsr. 

IT FREE FROM INCUMBRANCE. 

WESTBROOK. 
YE-E3. THAT IS — NO. I PUT IT IN FOR A — A COLLATFPAL YESTERDAY, 
A PRIVATE SPECULATION OF MY QV/N, A MERE TEMPORARY MATTER. 



HOW MUCH? 



FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. 



HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEW.'-? 



WHAT NEUS? 



RA^PAniE. 



WEGT. 



bABnAGE, 



WEST. 



BABBAQE, 



DO YOU «WWT IT S'JDI'EN, OR PD YOU WANT IT GRADUAL? • PAUSE,: WES* 
BROOK, THE f%m OF BABBA0C AND VMT'ROOK, l.ROAD STREET, WILL 00 
INTO BANKRUPTCY AT THREE 0* CLOCK, TO-MORROW AFTEKNOO \ Bl 

WE3TBR00K 19 ABOUT TO START TO HIS FEET, BABB AftE HOLDS HIM D< 
BY THE ARM AND RE3UME3. j THE FIRM OF TRAPHA'SEN AND TRAYNOR, L - 

DON, WENT INTO BANKRUPTCY THIS MORN I NO, NEWS RY CARLE, WE HOLD 
THEIR PAPER FOR THREE HUNPPFD ANO SEVENTY-FIVE 1 

T FALLS I IN HI 

HOW' a VI IB "-IFAD-A^HE? 



14. 



WEST. 

RISING AND CROSSING TO R, C. : MY POOR OAUGHTERl 



BABBAG E, 

your own doings, westbrook, the life of a quiet and respectable 
banker did not satisfy you. you must play the rothschild, the 
merchant prince, live in imperial style, entertain foreign nodles, 
make your daughter — 

weht, 
don't, radrage, don't* 

BADBAGE. 
WITH YOUR EXTRAVAGANCE AND YOUR ■ n 1 '-'ATE SPECULATION!!;, YUU'VE CO - 
PELLED THE FIRM TO RUN TOO WEAR t Tf- CAPITAL, h 10 "OW — 

WEST. 
MY POOR DAUGHTER! 

BA_BDASE, 
AND MINE! I HAVE THREE DAUGHTERS, FOUR SONS, AND DAMN | t! I ' VE 
GOT A WIFE. WOULD TO HEAVEN THAT WERE ALL! OUT OUR RUIN INVOLVES 
OTHERS. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, WESTBROOK. "OUR DEPOSITORS.'' 
THE EARNINGS OF THE POOR — OF THE LEGACY OF THE WIDOW, THE INHER- 
ITANCE OF THE ORPHAN. 

WEST, 

MY GOD, IT IS TERRIBLE! 

: RISING, C ROSSES TO L. A ND DACK TO L,C,: 

CAfDAGtl, 
WE NEED THIRTY THOUSAND TO FULLY MEET OUR PAPER TO-MORROW, I ' VE 

STRAINED EVERYTHING, EVERY BODY* WE CAN'T RAISE IT. IF THIS 

HOUSE WERE ONLY FREC FROM INCUMBRANCE. 

WES i . 



IT 18 NOT* If I' IOPELESSLY INVOLVED. 

_4 SITS Al L. ;i. TABLE, J 

. 
THEN RUIN MUST COME TO YOU . ., TO ME AND MINE, TO THOUSAND* 

OF POOR, HONEST, HA r, M WORKING -- 



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\ P. I 51- ". I" V AGITATION.: THERE I S A UAY. 

BAB3AGE. 
A WAY J 

WEST. 

; TAKING STREBELOW 1 S LETTER.] HCWE READ THIS -- I C.-M't. 

babbase. 
i a fter putting on spectacles, r eads.; john streb&.ow — miss 
wErT^^oiK' r imrpia;:; i SEE — having pawned YOUR HOUSE, 

YOU WOULD PAWN YOUR CHILD, WEST^ROOK, YOU' RE A FOOL t 

i RETURN? MOTE TO WES T» J 

WESTBROOK. 
BUT — 

BABBAGE. 



♦ I N AGITATION,; DAMN JE'. BUI | f D RATHER SEE THE FIRM OF DABBAGf 
AND WESTBROOK GO TO THE DEVIL THAN SEE THE HAPPINESS OF THAT GIRL 
SACRIFICED TO IT. BESIDES, Y >UR DAUGHTER, LIKE YOUR HOUSE, |8 
ENCUMBERED. 

WEST. 
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? 

BABBAQI . 
I MEAN THAT HAROLD ROUTLt 40LDS A MORTGAGE ON THE PROPERTY. 

WEST. 
BUT LILLI . ROUTLEDGE HAVE HAD A SERIOUS DISACPEE1 

: RINGP BELL. • 

. 
OF COURSE THEY HA" , A WOMAN NEVER QUARREL^ Wl TH A MAN SHE DOEfl 

NOT love; and damn it! NEVER 71 RES quarreling WITH Tl ' she 

DOES LOVE. YOU HAVE BEEN MARRIED, I AM MARRIEP, WE I I |t, 

-Tl- F FO )TMAN R, U. D, : 

ST. 
i L III I KNOW I WISH TO I I K>UT delay. 



I . 



FOOTMAN. 

YEB, 01 R. 

I EXl T R. U. D. ; 
WEST. 



I rA,'.£ A BIFFEREMT VIEW OF *Y DAUGHTER^ H.v ' . I 

HOPE TO AVCI E TERRIBLE CALAMITY YOU A CE, THROUGH THE WEALTH 

OF MR. STREBELOW, THOUGH IT MAY POSSIBLY 20 TURN OUT. I CERTAINLY 

SHALL NOT ASK HIM FOR A C CON r - . ■ g | ; EXCHANGE 

UGHTER'S T BI.TH J fi.EHEL t-UTURE IS 

.SAFE, WHATEVER COMES TO US. TO GIVE HI I .y SUCH A *N |S NOT TO 

RIFICE hut Tl SHIELD HER THE 3T0HM.J PI |S WHAT I WISH 

T • IF YOU CA '.)LT, I '4ll. L F'TLY 

» SITTING R0< . 



• : GO'"G. ? YES, I'LL WAIT. I IF THE CREDIT OF BAHBAGE AND 

WFSTBROOK CANNOT BE SAVEG WITHOUT THE SACRlFl I AY GIRL 1 '. 

kRT, | f RATHER 0£E IT C , .. ftC7 AS ASSISTANT 

BOOK-KEEPf* TO a PEANUT STANp, FOR fr ir"r or :v NATURAL lif 

: EXIT R. U. E» : 

WEST. 
• SOLUS.; IT IS NOT FOR MY UAKt , I T I 3 FOB. HER C I, NO GIRL 
COULO BE THE WIFE OF A MAN LIKE STREBELUW A L0 VE HIM. 

SHE WILL *OY|DFB FOR, SHE WILL KEEP HER RANK IN SOCIETY. WHAT 
FATHER COULi: 00 OTHERWISE? 

; ENTER LILLIAN, R.U.f . \ 

LILL. 



YOU W| f • , 

WEST, 



! NOT LOOKING AT HER. Y , I -- | R£CEIV , ,,,LE AGO. 

WHAT ANSWER | 8C NI -- , . # 



CALL ? 

LILL. 



;iR . t : LOOK'; AT I.L .. , iai 

we;;t. 

•HIM FACE STILL AVERTED.; WH AT i ,7 



17. 



LI: _ 

IT QUITE TAKER MY PREATH AWAY. 



WEST. 



i AT TADLE PRETENDING TO LOOK AT PAPERS. ! IT in A GRAND OFFER. 

LILL. 
OF COURSE IT IS. 

WEST. 
AMD YOU MAY WELL HE PROUO OF I T. 

LILL. 

INDEED I AM, PROUD, VERY PROUD. 

WEST. 
; EAGERLY TURN I MS TO HER.: TH EN I MAY ANSWER, YES? 

LILL> 

OH, NO — NO I 

WEST. 

NO — WHY J 

kikk. 
I DO NOT LOVK I . 9T LOW, PAPA. I ESTEEM, RCVCRE HI . I -- 

I -" I NEVER THOUO.hr OF HIM I -- |-- — T HAT 'AY, Yl > K I 

WEST. 
You have BROKEN orr YOUR ENBAftCMENT with HARO»_r ROUTUCDRCf 

LILL. 
j AGITATED.; YES, I -- I HAVE. 

WEST. 
YOU ROULO KPH TO LOVE MR. B .. -, mW vm , wrnF 

TWELVE YEARS OLD, Y'.U know, YOU U»EO TO CALL Hi 
your old LIKING tor him iriu, RCTURN, AFTCR V 

H I M . 

_L_LLL_ 



I 8TARTIN0. AFTER i | , , _ ,, M » 



I . 



WEST, 
; SITTING ON SOFA WITH LILL. : LtSTI , V CHILO. I A* RUINED' 
IN A FEW HAYS, I WILL HAVE MO HOME OF MY OWN, J ROOF TO COVER YOU. 

LILL. 

; bewildered. • you, poorj 

we?;t. 
worse than poor — a bankrupt. i wom you sheltered from 

•ANTS, FRO J l_ I ATI . 

LILL. 



I'M NOT AFRAID. HO LONG AH I ,. | TH YOU. 

i KNEEL INO*J 



; PUTTING HER '■; sofa. : /©RAVE GIRLi BUT IT IS NOT ONLY POVCRTY, 
IT IS SHAKE, DISGRACE. MT 18 NOT ONLY OURSELVES, IT 1 9 HUNDREDS, 
THOUSANDS, WILL FIND THEIR RUIN IN MINE* WHO WILL HF.AP UPON YOUR 
FATHER':; HEAD THE CURSES OF THE POOR, THE WA-lL OF THE Wl THE 

TEARS OP THE ORPHAf. — I CANNOT SURVIVE \ T\ \ 

I r;i sins, qqimg to Li H. • 

LILL. 



i RISING.; I SEE IT — I IT. : WITH FORCED CALMNESS. ; 
THIS MARRIAGE WOULD AVERT ALL THIS? 

WEST. 



; PACK TO L.C. : IT WOULD SAVE US ALL. THANK ftOOl TOUR MOTHER 

WAS SPARED THIS MISERY. ^ 

LILL. 



MOTHER! FA — I -- I WILL — I — 

WEST . 
MAKE THIS BACRIFICC — I MEAN •- r.lvc YOUR HAND! 

LILL. 
MY MOTH I I .' 8 L | . TO MS WERE, ' ' 

FAT'i ' l HAPPY. ' ' 

ST. ' 

' ift HI S HEAP. ; I IN. I I UFA 



ttLL. 

THEN I HAT IT — Y L f? ! : EMBRACE. ; OUT BEFORE YOU REPEAT THAT 

WORO TO MP. BTREBELOW, YOU MUST PROMISE ME ONI THINO, 



ANYTHING. 



ft EST. 



L«LL. 



IT 19 THI3, YOU WILL TELL MR. 3TREBCL0W THAT I V/ILL — BE — HIS — 

':s\rr.[ ; pant e. ; that i ill accept him, if he will accept my 

HA ,,r > WITHOUT — J THOJjJLjr ME HEART I^jCAA'N'OT ""» fttvr f-MMJ *NO BE 
SATISFIED WITH GRATITUDE AND REBPECT, INSTEAD OF LOVE J 

; crosses to l, h. J 

I ENTER FOOTMAN, 3 IVES CARD TO WE3TBR00K . : 

WEST. 
MP., STRCRELOW. CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY, SHOW HIM IN, 

• FO QRMAN ABOUT TO EXIT, ; 

L » LL . 
; TO FOOTMAN. : STOP — ONE MOMENT — YOU ; TO WEST, ; MILL 
WHAT I ASKED? 

WEST. 

t 

LILL. 
• TO FOOTMAN. • YOU CAN 00, : EXIT FOOTMAN R. D. : I COULP MOT 
TRUST MYSELF TO »AKE SUCH AN EXPLANATION TO MB. ST oW. I -ILL 
LEAVE YOU WITH HIM, | ITH .*E YoUR PROMISE TO BE AS 

' ")'J. THEN I : HE Wl LL ' 

TAKE ALL « "1 i --my h 

: i 



WES . 



PUT ' I . , nur DENN E YOU i 



ULL. 
LV A LITTLE* I — I DON 1 T THINK I WILL SI 

: i . 

: LEANI , . . 



20. 



FOOTMAN. 

• .'.■: :■ • r : r -\ . ■ . \ MR. STREBELOW. 

: ENTER STREBELOW. J 



WEST. 
j OQIMQ TO MEET HIM, THEY SHAKE HANDS.; MY DC AM STREBELOW, I ' •■ 
DELIGHTED TO SEE YOU, AND TO SEE YOU LOOKING 50? WELL. 

STRER. 
THANKS, * CROSSING TO LILL,* BOWING. ; 11 TBROOIC, • H OLDS 

OUT HI R HAND; - SHE PLACES HERS l v ! IT, CLINGING TO THE CHAIR AS IF 

FOR SUPPORT.; MAY I HOPE MY VISIT IB EQUALLY WELCOME TO YOU? 

LILL. 



» WITH FORCED CALMNESS.; SO OLD A FRIEND CANNOT BC OTHERWISE THAN 

WELCOME. 

i 

STREB. 
I ,/• |N HOPE! YOUR FATHER HAD PLACED ME BEFORE YOU IN A MORE — 
I MEAN I" A DIFFERENT LIGHT THAN THAT OF A MERE FRIEND. 

LILL. 



MY FATHER HAS HANDED ME YOUR NOTE, MR. STREBELOW -- 

• STOPS SHORT. : 



STREB. 
NOT, I TRUST, WITHOUT THE ENDORSEMENT OF HIS APPROVAL.* 

: LOOKS AT 'VFST» ; 



WEST. 
I nELlEVE LILLIAN CAN BEST TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPROVE OF IT.; 

3TREB. 

8 TO LILL. : LCT Nil HOPE THAT TO YOUR FATHER* S APPROVAL, YOUR 

OWN IS ADDED. AMD THAT -- ; SEEMS EMBARRASSED BY LILLIAN'S AT' 

TJTUDE.; AT THAT I MAY •- EXPECT AN ANSWER, 

. ; AND, | 

LILL. 
I 01 VINA HAND MEC I-.a I LLY, j I -- I MUST REFER Y(Hi TO HIM3I 

i- REB. 
A'D AFTER I HAVE. BEEN HIM, may I J? 



\ 



V 



81, 



Ll LL. 
3UY«i CERTAINLY. FATHER^ 



west. 

; CROSSING TO LILLIAN, SHE TAKES HIS ARM AND WALKS TO T HE DO* . 

• "'"'■''■ '•~~~'~> '- ""■■ ■> '^i-' ; . . I ••'•'-i! ILL EXCUSE LILLIAN A" :V'ri.r a 

.'• ■■•:. -:r. 

. : EXIT WEST. SUPPORTING LlLL. R.U.D, 3 

STREB. 
; SOLUS. CROSSING TO L . ; IS MY SUIT ACCEPTED UNDER PROTEST, OR \ 
IS THE STRANGENESS OF HER MANNER THE EFFECT OF MERE TIMIDITY — A 
TIMIDITY PROBABLY INCREASED BV MY FORMALITY? STILL — THERE WAS 
M4 EXPRESSION OF SUPPRESSED EMOTION. THAT MAY BE EITHER FLATTER- 
I IG OR FATAL TO MY AFFECTION. THOSE RUMORS TOO, THAT I HAVE HEARD 
ON THE STREET. I WILL KNOW THE TRUTH FROM WESTBROOK — I MUST -- 
|N JUSTICE TO HER — IN JUSTICE TO SYSELF, 

: EN T ER WESTBROOK, R. U. D. ; 

WEST, 
; GOES TO STREGELOW WITH OUTSTRETCHEU HANDS.; JOHN, I CONGRATU- 
LATE YOU. 

STREB. 



THEN I AM ACCEi'TEO. 

WEST. 

WHY, CERTAINLY. SIT DOWN. 

STREB. 
; ON 90FA C. ; WESTDROOK, AT SUCH A MOMENT, FRANKNESS |S A DUTY, 
AND YOU WILL EXCUSE IT |W A MAN TO WHOM YOU ENTRUST YOUR DAUGHTER'S 
HAPPINESS, AMD WHO TRUSTS HIS OWN TO HT . 

WEST. 



1 EMBARRASSED, * CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY. 

STREP, 
MY PROPOSAL, FWOUSH LONG CONTEMPLATED BY MY3CI.F BUI t HA .RED 

SUDDEN TO YOU, STILL MORE SUDDEN TO YOUR DAUGHTER. I I 

ADDRESS HCR.AJL-A-SLHTOR WAS ALL I EXPECTED. HER YlMIO MAN 

AND HL'R — 



: TRYING TO MAKE LIGHT OF IT.? TUT, TUTl A Ql RL OF EIGHTEEN, 

BESIDES SHE HAS BEEN RIDING ALL THE MORNING, HER NERVES ARC OUT OF 

ORDER, AND SHE IS TIRED. 

STREP. 
J WATCHI NG HIM,: AND SHE IS YIELDING TO MO INFLUENCE OF YOUR»S? 

WEST* 
; EMBARRASSED^ : WHY SHOULD YOU THINK SO? 

STT-EL. 



FRANKLY THEN, BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD TO-DAY, THAT THE FIRM OF BADBAGE 
AND itSTBROOK 18 LIKELY TO SO TO PROTECT rO-BOtROP, 

_WE9T» 

MR* OTREBELOttJ 

: rising,; 

STREP. 
IS IT TRUE? 

T/EST . 
f HESITATINGLY.^, S " '^ ARE - A LITTLE DRIVEN FOR READY MONEY, 

BTRER, 

HOW MUCH WILL HE NECESSARY TO WAKE YOUR PAPER GOO 

WEST. 
ONLY THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. 

T RE3, 
! RISING,? y | •.-.Rijc HERE? 

: S| TTING AT t: \r l.J 



I FEIGNING ASTONISHMENT.- WHY JOT? 



STREB. 
THIfi |'^ THE I7TH — 






! TAKING CHECK BOOK FROM PQC i I 



• 



STREP. 

I Itu BEET you;: DEFI cienc it:.-., . v.estprook. 

WEST. 
WHAT, YOU? 

STREB. 
YOU CAN GIVE ME WHAT SECURITY YOU PLEASE, AMD AT VOUfl OWN CONVCW* 
PENCE, HERE IS A CHECK FOR THE AMOUNT YOU REuUIRE. DIP YOUR 

DAUGHTER KNOW OF YOUR FINANCIAL TROUBLES? 

WEST. 
5 WITH EFFORT. ; SHE DID NOT. 

STREB. 
THEN l«9N«D you BOTH, CAL, AND FORMAL AS I A*, , HAVE LONG L o, ED 
YOUR DAUGHTER. , WAS HER KNIGHT, HER CMAKPION IN THOSE OLD DAYS 

SHE USED TO SAY , WOULD DE HE"; SWEETHEART; SHE WOULD LAY HER HEAD 
UPON BY HEART AND SO TO BLEEP THERE, THE LITTLE TH, £" 

NEoTLL INTO IT; AND . BRIEVE SHE HAS NEVER FA.RLY UT OF 

IT. HER HAPPINESS IS ,y F » R97 CONSIDERATION, AND I - , niD 

N ° T '' ' — 3UT Y0U ^ FREE now, AND YOUR FREE ANSWER IS — 



WEST. 
YES. 



STREB . 
I SHAKING HANDS WITH WEST.: P ARD0N MY FRANKNESS, AND ACCEPT MY 
THANK3. MAY I SEE HER? 

WEST* 
I RINGING BELL*: OF COURSE. 

; CROSSING TO L. ; 

STREP. 
•T WILL BC THE ENDEAVOR OF MY LIKE TO RENDER y . A ^ .. 

NEED.; MY AID, HE HAS ONLY rO PEAK. 

; ENTER FOOTMAN, R. U, p. : 



S3. 



WEST* 
TELL MISS LILLIAN, ,.r-:. l Tr-;rr ELOW 1 S WAITING FOR HER. : EXIT ITOOT- 
MAN » • TO DTREB.: THERE t S NOT A MAN IN THE WORLD TO WHOM I WOULD 
SO CONFIDENTLY TRUST HER, ANC I ::MOW THAT IN GIVING HER TO YOU I 
DO ALL A FATHER CAN DO TO II R HAPP I , A\'P IT I B IN THAT 

BELIEF I DO WHAT I AM DOING. 

LILL. 
; ENTER R.U.D. : MR. ;;TP.£CELOt\ J 

DTREi . 



LILLIAN. | MAY CALL VOU THAT NOW? 

L »LL. 
MY FATHER HAD TOLD YOU. 

* - -p.- 

V • ' FATHER HAD TOLD ME ALL. 

j^ H OLD Li OUT Htf3 M AND. 

LILL. 
so BC IT', , ,en. 



; GIVED HIM HER HAND.NHC nISQES IT. : 

FANNY. 
; ENTERING R.U.D.: MR# STREBELOWi 

: --7'.'.J'- . 
S BOWS> 3 MflS, HOLCOMOi 

FANNY. 
WILL YOU EXCUSE ME, I HAVE A VORD TO DAY TO LILL I.. 

WEST. 

MR. ^TTnELOW, IF YOU WILL AC 'ANY ME TO THE ilTTlNfi ROOM, nADDABE 

AND I VilLL L-;cPLAIi' TO yOU HO I 1 I | .. , , 

TO THE FA«L t A Fl! I LONDON .VHOSF PA.'ER ftf LARGELY HOLD, 

I CXI T'. D. |.E # ; 



HF |fl COME, I KNEW :iF 



'4. 



LILL. 
HAROLDt 

FANNY . 

yes. he's in the reception room. he kissed MC FOR JOV. 

LILL. 
} WRINGING HER HA N DS.; OH, WHAT HAVE I DONEl WHAT HAVf! I DONEl 

: CROSSES TO R f 8 

FANNY. 
• TOLO HIM I WOULD SEND YOU TO HIM. HE CANNOT SIT STILL A MOMENT, 
NOT ONE MOMENT. 

LtLL. 
SEE HIM — I V"ILL — I V/ILL. f AT DOOR. RINGS BELL, : BUT NOV, 
HEAVENS*. I DARE NOT. ; ENTER FOOgMAN. ; TELL MR. ROUTLEDGE — 
VnT MISS WESTBROOK CANNOT — CANNOT SEE HIM. : GOES TO FANNY. ; 
I HAVE CONCLUDED NOT TO SEE — NEVER AGAIN TO SEE— HAROLD ~ MR. 
ROUTLEDGEt 

FANNY. 
; SURPRISED»; WHY? 

LILL. 

BECAUSE — I ST E ADIES HERSELF.* AUNT FANNY — MR. STREBELOW 18 

TO BE MY HUSBAND] MY HEART IS BROKEN. 

; FALLS ON OTTOMAN. ? 



CURT A I N. 



A C T 

— :o: — 

g r. t. 
lc;\Ar} i.iOL'L-c '^Lo? I: tse p/, ;i I am resi- 
dence or johm sTREtiELOw. 

TIME! — MIOWIMTER. 

PEOPLE in THE ACT. GTREPELOV, '. El 
ROUTLEQCE — CAROJAC, . EGTp.ROOK, MOMTVIL - 
LAtG, PROi ■;■:;, I.ILLIA; • i :v :.■•; . TREpELOl", 
•FLO RE; :CE ST. VilCCtT ;■■>'.■ ..:..,. ..^'.''f,, 
NATALIE CHILD OF GlX. 

THE CURTAIN RISES OM L ILL I AM AMD NATAL I . 
THE rO.'l::r.!l IG GEATEp AT PIAT'O TSC LATTER 
IJTANDING OY HER SIDE. L.. AT PIANO.: 



CAT. 
OH — MO — NO J I .■■ArT YOU TO SING GOUE MORE. 

LILL. 
OUT THERE IS MO MORE, DEAR. 

NAT. 
♦ imperviously; THEN MAKE GOME MORE. 

LILL. 

MY DEAR, I AM MOT APLE TO DO THAT. 

MAT. 
■KISSING HER, I MOV 3 1 NO HOW MUCH YOU LOVE ME 



LILL. 



I AM AFRAID EVEN TH0MA3 MOORC CANNOT HELP ME TELL YOU THAI 

MAT. 



OH GEE IN Tl IK. - DRAWS LILLIAN OVER TO R. TAKES VO L. 0F I 

MELODIES OFF TAPLE R. H. AM IT UP . 

HER OPENING IT HAP-HAZARP. J 



L ILL. 
^TAKING HOOK.:* THIS, T'-IG TELLG T -H STORY, 

NAT. 
OH DO GlHG. 

LtLL. 

jgincg: i'd mourn the noprn T'-at leave me, if t'--v smile HAD 

LEFT !.'.£ TOO 

' ' M 00 HE ' G I Ft I 3H MELOD ICS. ' ' 
j CATCH IMG NATALIE IM K£K ARMS AND LIFTS HE a TO HER LAP. ; GO IT 
DOEG, DARLING'. GO IT DOES*. -KISSES HER.: 

•'.''EOT. HAG ENTERED R.C. AT THE LAT LINE 
OF THE LAST VERGE; AMD STOPS AT THRES- 
HOLD LOOK INC AT THE;;. : 

WEST. 
THANK HEAVEN! I WISH FANNY HOLCOMB COULD GEE THIS FAL G I Ft CAT I ON 
OF HER PROPHESIES, THIS JUGT I F I OAT I ON OF MY WISDOM. 

NAT. 
;3EES HIM OVER HER MOTHER'S SHOULDER. 3 OH, MAi'A, A GENTLEMAN — 



I G .TH IG ORAf:DPAPA? 

'A EST, 
■COM |NC DOWN STAGE AS LM.L, PUTS NAT. DOWN; YEG — CRANDPAPA COME 
AT LAST'. 

•OPENS HIT- AR-'-'O TO Ht'R — NAT. RUOHEG 

INTO THEM K IGGES HER. ; 

L ILL. 

OH, FATHER. 

;T'-EV EMBRACE. ; 

WEST. 



NATALIE HAD Ai MOGT FORCOTTEN ME, EH? 

YOUR HA I R nr,'. <\ 10 WN ! ITE. 



WEST . 
; PATT I NG NAT 1 G HEAD. ; IT I 3 A LONG TIME SINCE IT LOOKED LIKE YOURG 
•TO LILL.i HUT YOU SEEM SURPRISED TO GEE ME. DlO YOU MOT RE- 



CEIVE MY TELEGRAM? ^PUTTING NAT, DOWN, | 



L ILL. 
MO. MOTH INC OUT YOUR LETTER ANNOUNCING YOUR INTENDED DEPARTURE 

BY THE EUROPA. 

WEST. 



I WROTE YOU FROM LIVCRPOOL — AND TELEGRAPHED YOU FROM DOVER, CUT 

HOW 13 JOHN. 

;E: TER GTREn_g__R. £. C. \<\T- LETTER AMD 
TELEGRAM IN HAND. ; 

3TRED . 
;AS HE ENTERS. • A LETTER FROM YOUR FATHERg LILLIAN DATED LIVER- 
POOL. HE OUGHT TO BE HERE. 

V'E;,T. 



HE |S HERE. 

♦STREP. DROSSES TO HIM.; 

STREO. 



SHAKING HANDS. I GO YOU HAVE COME AT LAST — AFTER THE3E YEARS 



PROM I G I NO, 

'.'■EST 



• 



BUSINESS WAS SUCH I COULD NOT GET AWAY. 

STREO . 
AND PROSPERITY HAS .'A I TED ON ATTENTION? 

WEST. 
YES. THANK HEAVEl WE -AVE STEI REO OV R ALL THE BREAKERS ANO OTANO 
ON A T I RM SHORE AT LAST. 

STREP. 
AND t?AWBACCl 

VEST. 

| SMIL I NO, | JU8T AG HAPPY A HO »JUOT AS BURLY N BE. 



STRSB. 
-LAUCHS.; PUT WHAT DO YOU THINK OF NATALIE AND LILLIAN? 

WEST. 
A3 I LOOK AT BOTH I THINK JOHN 3TREBEL0W MUST BE THE HAPPIEST 
MAN ON EARTH. 

LILL. 
OH, FATHER'. -TAKINC NATALIE! BUT I MUST CO DRESS THE CHILD — I 
SUPPOSE YOU AND MR, STREBELOW HAVE A GOOD DEAL TO SAY TO EACH 
OTHER— SO I'LL LEAVE YOU FOR A WHILE — COME DEAR. 

NAT. 



BUT I CAN COME AND SEE GRANDPAPA AC A I N AFTER |'m DRESSED. 

LILL. 
CERTAINLY. 

3TREB. 

•TO LILL.; V'.y MOT l:t LtSETTE DflESa HCH DCAftf 

LILL. 
? HESITATING, j YES— PUT .... 

MAT. 
NO — NO. MAMA PROMISED TO DRESS ME HERSELF TO SEE GRANDPAPA — 

COME — MAMA, COME — SO I CAN COME BACK SOON 1 , 

■PULL3 LILL. OUT R. I, EJ 

LILL. 

JTURNING AT DOOR.; 10 SHE NOT LOVELY? 

KXIT3. j 

west. 
^ VISIBLY AFFECTE D.? I SHOULD LIKE" TO THAW YOU F0'< ThE HAPP I NCI 
YOU HAVE CONFERRED ON ME AMD MINE HUT I... I CAr'T MY BON... 

t am't. 

3TREB . 
i R «S »*VI I'Olt MY BE3T TO MAKE NCR HAPPY . . . I BE L II |l 

30-- JCH AT TIME!;, I CANNOT HELP MOTIClNQ A or L" 

TON* Tl LOOM LEAVE:. | ; LD . 



WEST . 
THEY WERE DOTH CAY ENOUGH WHEN I CAME I r — LAUGHING — SINGING — 
KIGG J KG. 

STREB. 

j THOUGHTFULLY. ; HEP. WHOLE HEART IS WRAPT UP |M HER CHILD. . . , 
IF I WERE A YOUNGER HUSBAND I MIGHT BE JEALOUS ()i- THE ABSORBING 
LOVE SHE HEARS IT. 

WEST. 
iLAUCHINC; THE LAM OF NATURE'. THE HUSBAND IS NUMBER ONE TILL 
BABY COME 3 — THEN HE BECOMES NUMBER TWO 1 . AW), AFTER ALL, A HUS- 
BAND HAY WELL CONTENT HIMSELF K I TH THE SECOND PLACE IN H I VMFE's 
HEART WHEN HE KNOWS ' T I G ONLY A MINIATURE OF HIMGELF THAT FlLLG 
THE FIRST. - GIVES HIM BUNDLE OF N. tf . PAPER3. \ 

L I GETTE . 
•ANNOUNCING , j M. AND MAD. DE BROWNE, -ENTER FLORENCE. LtSETTE 

REGAINS :.Y.j;.Mi:G AT OCR. FLORE.'CE DftD! .■: .; 

FLORENCE. 
•DOWN c.j HOW IG THE DUKE OE GTRCBELO* THIS ttORWlNC — WHERE IS THE 

DUCHEGG? IS LILLIAN WELL-- AH — THE MARQUIS DE WE 3TB ROOK — SO — 
YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT LAST — HOW DE DOO — HOW 13 EVERYBODY IN NEW 

Y RK ? 

"EST, 

;va;:iic ha nds. 3 ELIOHTEU to gee y u. 

STREB. 
jLAUCHINC; MY DEAR MRS. BROWN YOU LAVlGH YOUR TITLES w I TH GUCH 
PRINCELY GENEROGITY, THAT WE POOR REPUBLICANS .... 

FLQR. 
**WE REPUBLICANS I M HOW I HATE THAT WORD I AMERICANS I 
A, RE AT GUCH A PlGADVANTACE IN GOCIETY. I AW PRE GE ' TED TO MADAME 
LA C0UNTE3SE DC POMPAD'I LL I CO RA-- LACAPELLA BE PONTVILLL, FOR IN- 
STANCE— AS PLAIN MR'.. , . I?. H, o. 1, N. E. I HAD TO 
ADO THE E MYSELF, BROWNE IS NEARLY GEVINTY-BIX YEA,ts""oLD, YOU KNOW. 

I > J G l*LL MARRY A LUKE 30 ME DAY-- OR A Rl I ' --OR AN 

ITALIAN NOBLEMAN, FRESH — FA £ ALM: E. 



STREP. 
; HUM OR f NO HER»j HO* I HIS HfOHNEOS — YOUR ROYAL CONSORT — THE 
PRINCE DE BROWNE, T'<IS MORNING? 

FLOR. 
THE PRINCE BE BROWNE IS IN HIS USUAL HEALTH — THAT IS— ^€ HAS 
THE COUT. HE »S COMING UP OTA I RS NOV. BROWN HAS THE Cf)UT IN ITS 
MOST ARISTOCRATIC FORM, IF HE WERE A LINEAL OE ' OF WIL- 

LIAM THE CONQUEROR' 3 ENTIRE ARMY, HE COULDN'T HAVE IT WORSE 
jWALKO TO DOOR AND LOOKING OUTj HERE COMES THE PRINCE HIMSELF. 

: ENTER BROWN C. EXTREMELY SEN I LE — HOBBLES 

0-' A CANE ' . L-:r ;»'[} UP If rv,NDACES 

HE IS RICHLY 0RE33ED. FLORENCE P ATS HIM. | 

DROWN. 

HE — HE — EH HE! MY DEAR! ; PATTING PL ORE MCE UNDER CHIN. K I 33E9 

HER »i *OU 60T UP STAIRS DEFO RE ME— DIDn't YOU? . . . STREBELOW, 
MY DEAR FELLOW*. MR. PE8TOR00K ;CR0S3ES TO HIM; COT IN AT LAST, 
EH, WELL? ? SHAKES HANDS WITH WESTBRQOK. ; 

WEST, 

VERY WELL, THANKS— HUT |'m SORRY TO SEE YOU SO LAME. 

BROWN. 

ONLY A TEMPORARY ATTACK, MY DEAR MOY. l' LL RE OVER IT IN SIX 

WEEKS. WHEN SUCH A THING ATTACKS VERY OLD MEN, THEY LACK VITALITY 
TO THROW IT OFF. ; TO RTR CQELOW. ; BUT WITH A MAN OF YOUR AGE OR 
MINE, YOU KNOW— J3TREB. TURNS TO HIDE A LAUCM— AS FLORENCE 
NUDGES WESTBROOK.i THE ENERGY AND ELASTICITY OF NATURE SOON OVER- 
COME ITS FORCE. T!<cr ; r; PREMATURE attacks make some people t-.ink 
I'm old. it makes it appear as if T(-<ere were some inappropriate 
difference 50 to j'peak — between uv wife 1 ' age and my own. 

•PAT3 FLORENCE UNDER CHIN.; W E KNOW CTTrR— DON*T HE, MY LOVE? 
THERE ISN'T A <>ETTER MATCHED COUPLE IN TKI HE HE J 

PUT TIME WILL FLY, I SUWW03C, HElOHHol rLOREl ■ * u ' 

he GROWinr. OLO togethep, 

n or. 



' ROWNE, MY DEAR, YOU HAVEN'T HAD YOUR AFTERNOON NAP VET, |UP TO 

DOOR. • 



BROWNE. 

HE— HE — HE— YES — YF.sI DURlNC THESE TEMPORARY ATTACKS I DO 
LIKE AN AFTERNOON NAP — NOW AND THEN — I ' LL CO INTO THE SMOKING 
ROOM— AND DROP DOWN OM THE LOUNGE, I SAY, V'ESTP>ROOK, COME WITH fJ E 
AND TELL ME THE NEWS FROM NEW YORK AMD PUT ME TO SLEEP. JM0VE5 L.; 
WE REGARD TH 1 3 AS LIBERTY HALL — WE STB ROOK — STREBELOW LIKES IT. 
'STREBELOW A33ENT3 IN DUMP SHOW- REALLY I AW CETTlNG AS MUCH AT- 
TACHED TO THESE AFTERNOON NAPS AS IF I WE* A DEC REP ID OLD MAM. 
IF I DON'T GET WELL 300M I DARE SAY THE HAH IT WILL BECOME 00 CON- 
FIRMED i'll keep up my maps for the next fifty years. 

zHODtjLES OUT L. 3. E. FOLLOWED B Y WEST- 

• ''■'-. I 

FLORENCE. 
•IM ALARW A : FIFTY TCA«B. \ ST RE BEL 01 ■, I*': ^CALLY AMXIOUS ABOUT 
THE PRINCE. 

STREP. 
FXI0U9, MY DEAR MRS, BROfcN — I DA*C SAY he'll LAST 
FOR TWENTY YEARS YET. HE CO ME 3 OF A LONG AMD LINGERING FAMILY. 

FLORENCE. 
8 WITH WRY FACE.; THAT'S COMFORT IMG. -GOES TO EASEL.; BUT HOW DO 

you like Lillian's portrait now it is finally finished? 

STREB. 
EXPRESSION 13, I THINK, TOO SAO. 

FLOR. 



YOlJ CANN 0T • •' ■ n «r. I HAVE NOT HEARD A HEARTY 

LAUGH FROM LILLIAN— SINCE Cm MARRIED. 

STREP. 

that's ve;:y iTINO. 

FLOR. 
1 Y T,T F ' • YOU HAVE INVITED M. MONTV I LL A I B TME ARTI9T AND 

M . >JAC lo BCI i^C Plcu tC r I , API 



8 



J3TRE: 
YES, BEFORE IT DISAPPEARS FROM PROFANE EYES FOREVER IN LILLIANS 
DOUDO I R 

FLOR. 
BY THE WAY I SUPPOSE YOU KNOW THE COUNT DE CAROJAC HAS SEEN MAKING 
DESPERATE LOVE TO YOUR WIFE LATELY. 

STREP. 
HAS HE*> 

FLOR. 
HAS HE? IS THAT ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT? I EXPECTED . . . 

STR EB. 
;LAUGHINC« ; WHAT? 

FLOR. 



THAT YOU WOULD FLY INTO A PASSION . . . TEAR YOUR MA I R . . . SEC- 
ONDS . . . PISTOLS . . . 

STREB. 



; LAUGH INC: I '--AVE NO DESIRE TO FACE THE MOST DANGEROUS '>UELI >I IN 
PARIS. BESIDES DE CAROJAC IS A FRIEND OF MINE, AND AS A FRENCH 
CENTLEMAN, CONSIDERS IT HIS DUTY TO PROVE HIS FRIENDSHIP DY MAKING 
LOVE TO MY WIFE — IN COMPLIMENT TO MY TASTE. 

FLOR. 

AND WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER YOUR DUTY AS AN AMERICAN HUSBAND? 

STREB. 
-SERIOUSLY.; YOU FORGET I HAVE AN AMERICAN WlrE. 

FLOR. 

1 BWOCN IF | | 19 NAilONALITY. 

STREP. 
• t.AUCHINC AND GOING t I. . | I WILL I DUCME 

EBELOW T'-AT V , FCMALC NATIONALITY IN 

CONNECTION WIT! I , nr A I | , l ;i> Tn 

THAT i: ... . . . . I ', Nd | 



iEXITS.j 

FLO 3. 
:YAWrlrtc; LiTREBELO^ IS TOO PHLEGMA IC t*OR A FlCHT. :YA. : ".: : I 
SHALL Oie OF Ef:t:tJI . . . TME RE IS NO GETTING A SErSATION OUT OF 
Af'YnODY. IF CAROJAC WOULD MAKE LOVE TO ME NO* — T'-ERE MIGHT BE 
SOME FUN IN THAT — PUT U'ROW.' - HAS T^E GOUT — ANO H€ f S TOO OLD FOR A 
ROW — 17*9 VERY STUPID^ 

LI3ETTE . 
j ENTER INC R. C.I THE COUNT DE CAROJAC. ; EX ITS. ; 

iErTER COUNT C. R. | 

flor. 

OH, SO DELIGHTED TO SEE YOU. 

CAR. 
SDOWN R. C. ; MADAME BROWN, I AM SURPRISED — 

FLOR. 



AND SORRY TO F I f ID HE t-ERE — I KNOW IT. 

CAR. 
I AM TOO POLITE TO CONTRADICT A LADY. 

FLOR. 
; CO INC UP L. C. : YOU ARE A3 POL I SHED A RAZOR AND JUST AS SHARP. 

CAR. 

THAMK Y r 'U. 

FLOR. 
t CROSSES TO PICTURE.- WELL, THE RE* 9 f-E PICTURE, I NOPE ITS BEAU- 
TV WILL CONSOLE You FOR THE LOSS Of THE QRlOtNAL« 

>R« 
I DO NOT UNDE. .... 



OH Yi .:. — V - . THE MITTEN, 



* 



10 



car. 
the mitten — zee 0l0ves without fingers — what it, that— eh. 

FLOR. 

MR. ROUTLEOCE WAS TOO MUCH FOR YOU If NEW YORK — PETTER MAKE COOD 

USE OF YOUR TIME MOW — FOR HE HAG JUST ARRIVED IN PARIS — AND 

MAY TURN THE JOKE AGAINST YOU ONCE MORE. 

CAR. 

•suppressing vexation.: mr. routleoce is i: paris — eh? : 
if he Joke with me here he may have to pay tor the joke. ;coe3 
to portra it; there is much melancholy in the face. 

>-'■. ■■.. 
t WATCH INC HIM; 3HE*8 PONDER ll R THE PAST — T'^E RIDES IN THE 

PARI: — YOU KNOW. ; LAUGHS. ; 

CAR. 
:Y MOCK ZEMSELVES 0!" ME — ALTOGETHER, SAC .... 

FLOR. 



♦LAUCHIN C; . f' l*T HE ANCRY. MRS. 8THEBCL0H '"'ILL BE HERE IN A 

MOMENT — MAKE LOVE T '; PICTURE — I MUST CO TO THE PRINCE CM 

"•WNE — AMD PUT A HANDKERCHIEF OVER HIS OLD HEAD OR HE WILL WAKE 
UP SNEEZING. .RUNS OFT L. H. 3. E, RE -* APPEARS LIS TEN INC j 

CAR. 
•BEFORE PORTRAIT J THE LAUGH I NE FROM THE FACE MOD — I LIKE 

IT SO MUCH T\iC BETTER ... I 010 LOVE HER — I THINK I LOVE 
STILL . . -ENTER LI Lt . ; AUTlFUL? HO* l.nvELY IS THE 

POISE or THE HEAD, the OUTLINE or THE PACE . . . . 

LILL. 



j COMING FO RWARD. : I EC PARC , IT J 

IR, 

AH I MADAME — I WAS ADMIRING .... 

FLOR. 
IPEEPINO ' BHlNO.j AD — , PUI C8 OF 

FACE. : ' LlLLI 






1 1 



CAR©, 
;L. ; ZAJ LAUGH AT ME ACAII-.'I 

FLO a. 

oetter Transfer *oufl devotion to; me. count, 

CAR. 

i'll do any penais&c for my indiscretion — even that J aside, 

ZEE GHE-UEVIlI " ~ ~ 

L13ETTE. 
5ArjfJOUt!ClHC| M, DE MONTVILLAIG. 

j EX ITS, AG :,E M0NTVILLAI3 ENTERS s 



MONT. 
'GENERAL ftOW.j DELIGHTED I AM SURE. 

LILL. 

IT IG KIND Or YOU TO COME— AND GIVE US THE n£,:£FIT OF THE ACUMEN 
OF GO CELEBRATED A CRITIC, 

MONT. 



I CROSSING T O L.; AT PICTURE.: GO IT IG FINISHED. - EXAMINES PI C- 
TURE AFFECTEDLY.;' MM, AH— YES I FINE FEELlNOj LE RABITEAU* 5 USU- 
AL PRECISION OF : . ' c, LAC::, rENOERNESS l; l < -E FLESH TlNTG — 
LY fONED — VE.'.Y. 



FL'J ■;. 



WE KNOW ALL ABOUT IT— - J CLANCINC AT CAR.; YOU FRENCH GENTLE- 

EXCELLEN1 JUDGES OF PICTURES— EH— COUMT? 

CAR. 
[PPWESSIHGVEXATION. V .G— |; , l pol ITEssE OF L I FE 

ZEE FBENC1 ri | DAY. 

jST.'iED. ENTERING R. I . L . : 

.' REB. 

- KAI ITH . . 

MOt 



MONT. 
NOT EXACTLY T^AT — HUT . .- . . 

v 

ST RED. 



£ CROSS |MC TO C. • SOMETHING VERY LIKE IT — HUT LILLIAN, I FORGOT 

TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR OLD FRIEND AND PLAYMATE ARRIVED IN PARIS 

YESTERDAY — ON HIT. WAY RACK TO ROME. I PREVAILED ON '- I ' TO STAY 
OVER A DAY AND GIVE US AT LEAST ONE CALL. 

L ILL. 
WHO? 

3TREB. 
MR. HAROLD ROUTLEDCE — I SHOULD THINK MR, ROUTLEDOE*S SUCCESS AG 

AN ARTIST A FAIR REPLY TO », DE CAROJAC 1 S CONTEMPT OF ALL ART DUT 
FRENCH ART. 

LILL. 



•AT FIREPLACE : ;. VIT'- GUPP •.. '••'•ID EMOTION- Is HAROLD — IS MR, 
ROUTLEDCE HERE? 

LI SETTS-. 
'ANNOU NCING. £ M. ROUTLEDCE. 

;EX IT, i 



STREP . 
♦ MEETS ROUTLEDCE SHAKES SANDS.;' '., KINO OF YOU MR, .ROUTLEDCE 

FLOP. 



;CO|NC TO MU', £ I AJ' VERY OLAD 7 YOU, HAROLD, £SHAKES 

ROUTLEDCE, 
} ADVANCING. ; M IS, -- 3TREQEL0I . 

LILL. 
MR, ROUTLEDCE. 

jfLOR, 



tLAUCHlNC.} . - HLEOOC — UWY ' T YOU 

HANDS, JT^EY SHAKE HANDS. ■ 



13 

LILL T 

I AW GLAD YOU D I D MOT PAGS THROUGf •: PARI'. *| TWOUT CALLING ON US 
MR. ROUTLEDCE, 

ROUT. 
YOU ARE VERY KIND MADAME jTQ CAR.; Ah COUNT DC CAROJAC. 

CAR. 

MR. ROUTLEDCE. 

STREP. 
JTO ROUT. .- M. D£ MONTVILLAIS— I BEG YOUR PARDON— UE IS 3 CELE- 
BRATED A CRITIC THAT I SUPPOSED YOU ALREADY | H I M . 

I HAD NOT THE PLEASURE. 

MONT. 
I KNOW MR. ROUTLEDCE— RY REPUTATION. I HAD THE HONOR TO CRITI- 
CISE HIS DANTE ANO BEATRICIE MO'/> |M THE SALON— IN MY PRIVATE CA- 
PACITV I MAY SAY HERE lr CONFIDENCE IT IG A NOBLE WORK— FAULTLESS, 
OF COURSE I COULD NOT GAY THAT IN PUBLIC, YOU KNOW. 

ROUT. 
j SMILING AT |iO»IT r ! I SHALL RESPECT YOUR CONFIDE | UR, 

CAR. 



SMEANINCLY OM PIANO STOOL? I SEE ZEE PICTURE AND LIKE All PARC 
I COGNIZE THE ORIGINAL OF THE BEATRICIE, IT MU T PLEASANT 

■ MAO. ST RE BELOW — VERY UNFORTUNATE, 

ROUT. 
SAG IF GTUNC, CLANC . CAR. THEM AT L ILL I A UY, SIR . 

ST REIT. 
M CHAIR LOOKING AT PICTURE.! I have heard OF THE LlKCNCSfl AN 
• "-ON ;. PICTURE BE, 

[T, 

r *'- ... ■ . ft« 

Al "' : ' ' • ' • ' -T IT : -, ; T — , ■ - 

I .UR YOU YS-- AMO I DARE '. 

I I IAT ION, 



• 4 

CAR. 
AH THE MEMORY MUST OFTEN* BE AN ANNOYANCE TO ZEE ART I GT— EH? MIX- 
ING THE DISAPPOINTMENTS OF ZEE PAST WITH ZEE HOPES OF ZEE FUTURE. 

ROUT. 

JOUICKLY. • NOT IN TH » G CAGE, SIR, THE SUGGESTION . . . 

CAR, 
IT IG MORE THAN A GUCCEGTION — IT REALLY MlCHT BE ACCEPTED AS 
A PORTRAIT OF MAO. GT REDE LOW. 

STREB> 

•LOOKING AT PICTURE. TO RQUT. | THEN YOU HAVE BEEN MORE GUCCEGG- 
FUL THAN LE RABITEAU, HERE — >POlNTlNC TO PICTURES COMPLETED BUT 
YEGTERDAY — INDEED OUR LITTLE CONCLAVE TO DAY WAS TO PAGG UPON I TG 
MERITG. 

^ROUT, 



{CROSSING TO HIM.; RADITEAU IG AN EXCELLENT ARTlGT. 

STREB. 
PERHAPS, 90, DUT IN TH I G CAGE HE HAG GEEMCO INSPIRED \MTH A SPIRIT 

OF SADNESS. 

CAR. 

•AT ROUT.; WITH HIM IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MEMORY. 

MONT. 
jDOWN C. : I DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT. YOU RECOLLECT THE SCANDAL 
CAUSED BY HIG PICTURE OF THE YOUNG MAROUlGE DE PAUL I AC? 

FLOR. 
-CROSSES TO R.C.j A SCANDAL ABOUT A MARQUIS — OH DO TELL IT. 

jtTRED COMES DOV'I L. H. i 

wo i r, 

;C.: IT I' ' ITEAU PELL IN LOVE WITH HER DURING HER SITTINGS- 



E VITH HIM, OUT THEY VERY PROPERLY MARRI D HL,< TO A RICH 

OLD NOBLEMAN I OP TO A POOR ARTIST. RAO ITEAU MAO Mil REVENGE 

HE BESTOWED Ui ; FACE AN EX ' ■ <o TCU 

IV, 



■EAGERLY.: *HAT STORY? 

MONT. 
THE STORY Or A BROKEN HEART, Or A WOMAN BEARlNO |r: HER BOSOM A 
SECRET THAT MUST MOT LIVE YET CANNOT DIE— A SADDER STOW TH*N 
THAT Or THE SPARTAN BOY WHO LET THE CUD EAT HIS HEART E^ HE 
WOULD REVEAL ITS CUILTY PRESENCE BENEATH HIS TUNIC. SOME MEMORY 
Or THIS MAY HAVE GUIDED RADITEAu's PENCIL .... SUGGESTED BY A 
PASSIMC LOOK OM MRS. STRCWELOW's PACE — A LOO- or SORROW AT THE 
PREMATURE CRUSHING OP A NEW HOWET, PERHAPS WHICH MEMORY IDEALIZED, 

« florence goes to lillian. rqutledce ano 
lillian*s eyes meet she turns away her 

HEAP. « 

ST RED. 
3SEEINC ALL THl3.:_ AND YOU THINK MRS. ^TREBELOW 1 s PACE SUCGESTEO 
HIS OWN EXPERIENCE? 

MONT. 
PERHAPS. AS A CHILD SEES FACES I M THE CLOUDS. JGOlNC UP. \ 

STREB % 

tut! .tut! let us to the smokinc room. ;to LILL.: MR. ROUTLEDCE 

WILL TELL YOU THE LATEST FASH IONARLE MEWS FROM NEW YORK, COME GEN- 
TLEMEN. -EXIT BY MONT.: 

FLQR. 
A::d I wflX RETURN TO BROWN, I AM AFRAID THE HANDKERCHIEF HAS PAL- 
LET orr his old head. i'm a mother to SfWIWNC. 

[EXIT FLOR. riRGT CAR. LAST. A3 H ,ES 
ROUTLEDCE, CAR. STOPS AMD IN LOW TO 

CAR^ 
iTO «OUT,j AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO RCFW f, F0R 

FUTURE INSPIRATIONS . . 

ROUT. 
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND . 



16 



CAP.,. 
: Q. ; I SHALL -:e HAPPY ro clVE THE EXPLANATION WEN ai:d vhCRE 
YOU WILL— gBOWS EXITS. .1, U. E, TO LILL.S MADAME 1 . 

L I LL . 
M«. ROUTLEOGE — 

ROUT. 

MADAME, 

LILL. 
MY HUSBAND TELLS ME YOU HAVE JUST RETURNED FH ME UNITED STATES 
PUT PRAY HE SEATED. 

;ROUT. BRINGS CHAIR L. C. BOT H SIT. : 

10UT. 
MY FIRST VISIT TO AMERICA IN GEVEt YEAR3. DURING THAT TIME I 
RCELY EVEH L, r FT ROME. 

LILL. 
CPUTATION YOU HAVE ACQUIRED IS PROOF OF THE GOOD USE YOU HAVE 
MADE OF YOUR TIME. 

: AWKWARD PAUSE. : 

LILL. 



;WITH THE AIR OF ONE WHO HAS MADE UP HER MIND TO DO SOMETHING SHE 
FEAREO; MR. ROUTLEDGE ... t AM GLAD TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO 
REFER TO A SUBJECT, THE . . THE DELICACY OF WHICH TIME HAS If . . . 
M 30MC fECREE . . . LESSENED, 

ROUT. 



REALLY MADAME, I AM AT A LOSS TO UNDERSTAND . . . BHAT IN THE 
PAST CAN REQUIRE ANY EXPLANATION BETWEEN US, HE N YOU CLOSED 
T^AT PAST, YOU EXPLAINED IT. 

LILL. 



" — '' ,R » NOB I THEN TRUST MYSELF 1*0 I .1 FEEL NOW- 

EL THAT . . . THE EXPLANATION I 

YOU . . . 



17 



ROUT, 

♦RlSlMC. ; I DO MOT PEEL 30 — MOW. 

LIU, 
iP09|TIVtUY,| THEM SIR IT 19 DUE TO ME 



!r: JUSTICE TO 



*£, I AM SURE YOU WILL HEAR IT. 

ROUT. 
♦ R I 31 NC . ; I DO MOT FEEL 30 — I 



L I LL . 
{POSITIVELY. ; THEM SIR IT 13 DUE TO ME 
ME, I AM 3URE YOU * M.L HEAR IT. 



AMD IN JU3TICE TO 



ROUT. 
jINCLININC HIS HEAP. i MADAME . . . . 

LILL. 
YOU ANO I '.'ErC EMCAGED TO DE MARRIED, 

ROUT, 



: STAMP IMC C; I THOUGHT SO. 

LILL. 
A.-TCR OUR FOOLISH L— I QENT FOR YOU To RETURN To ME— 

ROUT. ■■■ 

30 I UMDER3T00D THE LETTER^ T RECEIVED FROM MRS. HOLCOMD. IN 
OR! E TO THAT LETTC fl I - - , lETURNEI L Or JOY 

0I - HOPE— )F ' i\ i -- HEM BY HEART KAS AT ITB FULLEST*- I 

DlOCARDED THROUGH THE MOUTM OF A LACKEY. 

LILL. 
AMD YOU NEVER KNEW WHV1 NEVER CUE39E0 V'HY? 



ROUT. 



♦BITTERLY.: *'rx {J _ , ... ^ f 

KNEW WHY WHCN I HEARD FROM M 13, MOLCOMB that YOU HAO ACCCPTCC THf 

HAMD OF MR. STREBELOW WHO I <i A VERY RICH MAM. 



18 



LILL. 

BUT YOU I r KM IMY I A< CI I . . 

ROUT. 
| BITTERLY STILL.: BECAUSE, AS I SAID* HE IS. A VERY RICH MAN, 

LILL. 

*R|SfMC.;' i ■• . THAT I TRUE, 

>T, 



YOU SEE, MADAME-- NO EXPLANATION WAS NEEDED, 

LILL. 

NO EXPLANATION — I C — .. iTREBELOW AND MYSELF 

HAVE NOW BEEN MARRIED AND BEEN HAPPY TOGETHER TOR SEVEN YEARS — AND 
I CAN I BFLI.r.VE »ITHOUT INJUSTICE l"0 H|M EXPLAIN WHY I DID MARRY 
HIM, FOR HIS MONEY — I STATE IT PLAINLY AND TRULY. 

ROUT. 
I HAVE NO DOUBT THE PURITY OF YOUR MOTIVE JALEO .'HE FRANKNESS 
OF THE CONFESSION. 

LILL. 
THO TIVE9 I If ::.: FT JUST TO V - TO STATE, DUE TO MYSELF TO 
MACE CLEAR j INVITES HIM TO R. C. SHE SITS R.H ; TEN MINUTES AFTER 
WITH MV CONSENT AUNT FANNY /'ROTE YOU TO RETURN — MY FATHER TOLD ME 
M€ WA8 RUINED — THAT IN HI3 RUIN WAS INVOLVED THE RUIN OF HUNDREDS 
OF OTHERS '< HAD T ^ ALL TO HlMg HE BROUGHT ME TO SAVE 

HIS NAME FROM INFAMY . . . SPOKE OF THE CURSES OF THE POOR DREW 
SO APPAL IMS \ PICTURE-- .'.., || pfTY— IN FEAR— 3CARCE KNOWING 
V;HAT I DID. I CONSENTED — BEFORE I HAD TIME EVEN TO THINK OF WHAT 
I HAL ONE — . STRI BELOI l I AC CEP 1 I |M — I HAD 

SCARCELY DONE SO '. ? 'HEr: YOU CALLED . . . ' RISING; I . . I TRIED TO 
CO T^ YOU OWEN . . I ' r , , I NOT AND 80 . . • . . 

ROUT, 
jRI3|NC«j :.EfT THAT MESSAGE WHICH CONDEMNED MY HEART TO THE P I T- 



TCBN I L/ r | Of J I \\ 

ILL , 



YOU FORGIVE ME? |CRi TO C,i 






ROUT. 
I HAVE ALREADY I 30 — Y ? 

LILL. 
I Mi T, 4W0 v->u MAROLD — 

ROUT, 

i surFCng© much, ro:< f loved much, MAO r Lovec . i ths to 

MY PftlOC WOULD HAVE HEALED MORE OUlCKLY. 

ULL. 
OUT YOU AM , :;.AY YOU ARC — DAY IT. 

ROUT* 
LltLfAl I KOUUl I OT \: D TO THE ; $ TwC T 0f - 

A Of HOLE REPROACH. BUT I CAr'f'OT DAY WHAT YOU ASK ME. |UP Q % | 
WORK ad I may-- DO WHAT I '.'ILL, THfi FECL IMO Of-- PAST CLir:c*T0 

ME. IT TINGED MY EVERY THOUGHT DTGALS IflTO MY EV •,!: V ,\: J -- 

:E3 THE PRESENT VEARIDOME— F10B8 PMt FUTURE or | ow 

Tlf!T T'V,T WAKED WORK A COMOOLAT I OH. 

L I !. L . 
OH HAROLD, DON*T DONTJ 

ROUT. 
I SHOULD MOT 3AY T!, f r. To YOU LILLIAf, SUT I— HAVt ! — 

. I DM If JO A -SECRET I DA, RE HOT i'ELL — Ai « THAT 

JLD NOT DIE . . . j FALLS IN CHAIR L. C. i 

LILL . 

SWEEPING COED TO HIM.j POOR HAROLD I 

ROUT. 



JPUT3 ()r;E ARM AROUND HER WAI3TJ A" Y 

L| Li I 



LILL^_ 



1 hAVfI : . . I - I LT— 

YOU WCRC i 10 . . . fOfl | :-; AT IT , |T 

ur-or y 






BOUT. 

L'-'.l'rTrrJ- .iiii. •.! • : ''■'•' ' " J '~ " ' '■ L • ■•■'■ ■ nu.i 

L ILL. 
{STARTING HACK.; | CRUEL OF YOU U .... 

I catch l^c her AGAtr;: I KNOW NOT WAT I SAY— rHAT I Q&m let 
CARRY AWAY VITH ME 80JIE rtON — GOME 

ULL. 
I BREAKING i-'ROM HIM;; LEAVE fclTH MS Ur J E9PECT I HAVE 

EWAINEO FO : ; — f*0LD r mAB , , T 

¥ IU — TO T»U3T MYSELF, 

- ; T. 



; FOLLOW! h?G HER. ♦ MAUI. — Y ■ -,- 

LILL. 
' ST ** r VOU 9ECM •: -ET-- THAT I AM THE WIFE or 

T RE he low— ore W0W3 HOME AND f Rirc— :hano pr: bell or: TABLE1 

'ENTER CARP J AC R. Q. | 

CAR. 
I THfl CNT 'J0l YOU IIlH NOT RING MADAME. NO SCANDAL, 

gLM.L, rCRE,.Mn— HA MPS HE .: 



ROUT. 
' 1 1 

CAR. 
LIU -»S . ("LEDGE 'a MEMORY OF ffHtftf KB ILL CALM 

ROOM Or til Li I i,ut lONt, 

. : ROUTLEOCE MOVS . cm | . : 



C U R T A I N. 



—— ~" • o • ••— ■- 



ACT 3^0 

'JET 



jvest i pule 


AND ! 


► TAIRV'AY OF 


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GUESTS 


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UP STAIRS AND 



OFF L. U. E. WITH CARD. 



CAR. 



»*AD, 19 WITH YOU THIS EVENING, OF COURSE. 



STREP. 



S^L WILL HE f'TLY. YOU FREQUENTLY HONOR OUR RECEPTION 

AT THE AMERICAN LEGATION U. LE CO'JNTE. 

CAR. 



AMERICAN LADIES ARE 90 VCRY EAUTIFUL. 

STREP. 
I -C PRESENCE QF FEMALE BEAUTY, A FRENCH GENTLEMAN IS NEVER 

, EH . LE COUNTS? - LAUCHS . ■ 

I E - TER FLORENCE R. U. £. DOWN ST A j 

FLOR. 



. BTRCtCLOW, YOU ARE LATE HO* IS LILLIAN TNI3 EVENING? M, LE 

TE JMODS. ; 

CARP. 

strep: 
i r ** H . ; HRO, ITREBCLOl III ITl HCR i/ IGHTEH, 



a 



gC. | LILLIAN IS A SLAVE TO THAT CHILD. 'LOOKING R. U t E. j WHY 
HERE COWCG THE PRINCE, I JUST LEFT HIM ON THE SOFA IN THE BACK HALL 
ROOM, TALKING TO MRS. GORDON; I THOUCHT |'d COT HfU FIXED FOR TWO 
HOURS AT LEAGT. 

•FRENCH OFFICER ENTERS FROM CLOAK ROOM, 
GOES UP 3TAIR3 AND OFF L. U, E. THEN SER- 
VANT COMES FROM L. U. £. EXlTG I f TQ CLOAK 
ROOM. ENTER DROWN L. £. E. HOBBLING W I TH 
A CANE.; 

drown, 
•cross inc to flor. ; ah . . you are here, my pear . . ide eh. you 

LOST ME — ISN'T YOU? HE, EH, 'PATTING HER UNDER THE CHIN; I 
HAVE SEEN TALK INC VITH YOUNG MRS. GORDON, MY PEAR, YOU MUSTN'T BE 
JEALOUS. I l*M NOT A DON JUAN MY LOVE, |*M NOT A DON JUAN j CROSSES 
TO STREP. LAUCH3. ; I SAY ST RE BE LOW, OLD TOY. ; APART TO STREB. 
WM HAS CROSSED TO R. C, FLORENCE TALKS WITH CARQJAC.j THESE 
VOUNC WOMAN ARE JEALOUS CREATURES • LAUGHS? THEY KEEP THL" I R EYES 
ON THEIR HU3BAND9, jLAUCHS. • IT'S FUr: TO TEASE THEM NOW AND THEN 
■LAUGHS. POKES STREB. IN THE SIDE.; I SN 1 T IT? JUST FOR A LITTLE 
GPICE, YOU KNOW* IT'S WICKED I KNOW It's WICKED, PUT j LAUGH S : 
» DO PEL (EVE THEY LOVE A MAN ALL THE MORE FOR A TOUCH OF — ^F DEV- 
ILTRY — NOW AND THEN** YOU KNOW, 

{ ENTLEMEN ENTER R. D. EXIT INTO AR CN 
ROOM AFTER GLANCINC AT BRpWNE AND LO OK. I NC 
ADOUT AS IF NEW TU Hli.i.; 

FLOR. 



; TO CAROJAC.; WAIT TILL I GET BROWN FIXED NICE AND C tTABLI 

SOMEWHERE MY DEAR — don't YOU WANT Pi COME INTO THE NEXT TOG — 
There's A SOFA aid AN EASY CHAIN — WC*LL HAVE A NICE VISIT YOU \ 
I — ALL i.Y OURSELVES g 

; GENTLEMAN AND LADY ENTER R. D. GO T 

■ ". ROS C L OAK ROOM SERVANT ENTL IS I I 
SALVER FROM CLOAK ROQM. GENT PLACE T I 

R D ON IT, SERVANT GOES UP . . . 

Gl | INTO CI . ; 



jLAUOHS. I YES, MY DEAR — I LOW A LITli 

YOU 3EE7 L I I r • ii . 



8 



FLORENCE, LOOKS HACK AT STREBELOW.; TRY IT 5TREPEL0W — TRY IT 
WITH YOUR WIFE — IT WORKS TO A CHARM — A LITTLE DEVILTRY, YfoU 
KNQ«; A ["RIFLE JEALOUS, EH, FLORENCE. TRY IT GTREBELOW, COI , 
LOVE. I ' M NOT A BON JUAN, MY DEAR, I ' (A MOT A DO" JUAN, 

• EXITS L. 2. E. E 

FLOR. 



; H E R F I M C C R To HER LIP S .' SHl I * LL HAVE THE PRINCE It SLEEP Of l THE 
SOFA IN LEGS THAN FlVE MINUTES. , 

jT]i£ COUNT DOWG Ar:D WAIVES HIM HAND SHE 

RETURNS IT. EXITS AFTER SROWN. ENTER 
M0NTVILLAI3 R. 2. E.- 
MONT. 



00 EVENING, GENTLEMEN, DROPPED IN AT THE OPERA THIS EVENING. 
QRTALINl's voice's SPLENDID — HUT THE CHORUS EXECRABLE, AH, A 

MEW BIT Oi- BRONZE SINCE THE LAST RECEPTION — HYttAf RATHER TOO 

FULL ABOUT THE TORSO. 

:E"TER GEO. WASHINGTON PHIPPS, R. 2. £. 
HE IS CROSSING THE STACE RAPIDLY ST0P3 
SUDDENLY. HE IS AN ENERCETIC YOUMC AMERI 
BUSINESS MAN IN MANNER AMD APPEARANCES- 
DRESS SUIT. ; 

I PPG. 



EH — 3TRCBEL 



'•I PS. 



STREP. 



PHIPPS. 



• CROSS I' -■ P> .l-REI?: GLAO TO 'JEE YOU, HEARD YOU WERE LIVlNC '-ERE. 



HOW' 8 YOUR It IF 



SCEfTLr.MgM AND LADY M'TER FROM CLOAK RO OM 
CO UP Af'D OFF L. U. E . SERVANT COM i 
i-OWN FROM I.. U. E. A'P EXITS TO CLOAK R 



STREP. 



WELL, (HAtr. YOU, HHCN ll VOVJ A I HVf I 



4 



PMIPPS. 

THIG EVENING, MALT PAST SEVEN TRAIN. PARIS is a VERY PRETTY CITY 
STREETS WELL LIGHTED? MAC I 1 1 r » CENT OPERA HOU3E, THE iNSlOE IS PAR- 
TICULARLY CORGEOJG; DROPPED INTO THE PALA I O ROYAL Of: THE WAY, 
THE COMEDIE FRAK:iAZE iG CO t 'Li | DE RAOLY LARGER. HUT T^E OPERA COtlECK — 

MONT. 
t SUDDENLY. : PA RDOf I WON 3 I EUR — PARDON^ 

PHIPPS. 
»LOOKS AT MOMT. THEN AT GTRE8. ; ERIEflD OF YOURS? 

GTRE,P. 
M. tfONTVIULA IS; A FELLOE TOWNSMAN, MR, PHIPPS, OF NEW YORK CITY. 

PH IPPS. 
C, WASHINGTON PHIPPG— DRY GOODS. 



DRY GOODS? 



57 CHURCH STREET, 



87? 



MONT. 



PHIPPG. 



MONT. 



PHlPPS r 



:TO GTREBELOW POINTING HACK AT MONT. WITH Hjj rHUMBj .'AT L»NCl 

GTREB. 
3TAT IONARV, 

PHIPP3. 

GTREB. 
COUNT DC CAROUAO — MR, PHIPP8, 

jTHiL r. ilJt I' luy.-li VERY LOW .V. 

I PPG PROS .EG TO COUfT, NOUG QUICK ' , 
THEH E LF, \ 



PHlPPS. 
;T0 STREP.; S/J ' 31 -3? 



GTREB. 

;a. c. ; cutlery and fi ie^ari . 

PHlPPS. 
OH. 



mont. 

TOUR PARDON, MR, PHIPPG, I 0«ME YOU AN APOLOGY FOR HAVING INTER"* 

RUPTED YOUR REMARKS, PARDON OUT YOU HAVE ! ?EEf: TO TH IRA- 

) TO ; HE PALM \L-~ Al WE COWED IE FRANCA I SE AND T' RA 

COM I QUE — ANO YOU ARRIVED IN THE CITY OF PARIS AT HALF PAST SEVEN 
. VENlNG, 

CAR. 



J HAVE SEEM COr I !A LE Oi" THE METROPOLIS, . H.ll Q DURIN6 
YOUR COMPARATIVELY SHORT VI GIT. 

PHlPPS.. 
NOT AG MUCH AG i HAD HOPED TO GEE BY THIS TIME. I HAVE BEEN IN 
THE CITY OF PARIS FOUR HO J 13, DELAYED AT THE HOTEL. IT 
TOOK ME AT LEAST FIFTEEN MINUTES, SIR, TO PERSUADE THE CHAMDE RMA ID 
r: >T BROUGHT ME THE CANDLES, THAT I OlO NOT RE GUI RE HER PRESENCE, 
[LE I WAS CHANCING MY I* RAVELING SUIT FOR A DRCSO COAT ANQ BLAOK 
TALOONG. TME I HAMOLRMAliS ARE 88.01 TO TAKE A HINT — 

IN THAT DIRECTION, THE TUILERIE3, ny THt WAY, PRESENT A RATHER IM- 
PING APPEARANCE IN THE SNOW AND MOONLIGHT. I HAD THE DRIVER GO 
BY THE '.'AY OF THE TUILERIEG AND THE PALACE E LOUVRE 
ON THE WAY TO THE LECATION. THE ARK DEE TRIUMPH IS RATHER MEAT IN 
ITS .AY; WHEN WE COT INTO THE CHAMPS ELIL'A, I TOL TH* I TO 

■j.r-HOu ;' io THE ARK, AND WC CAME BY :"' E WAY of 
THf POBURO ST. HONORY AND THE CHURCH '^ r '^ T . PI ILIPEE, TOURISTS, 
OENE RALLY LO! 3REAT DEAL OF TIME UNI ILY, l f VC SOT Ev 
THING | WANT TO GEE IN PA. I IT1 |N MY NOTE BOOK, 

A CUluE TO PARIS IN LONDON, jTAKEO A Si.'ALL CUlPE l^'K; FROM POCKET 1 

O NUNC I AT I ON ALL SPELT OUT IN CNOL CITY 

IN MY COAT POCKET, 

j TAKES OU T .. r IT. Cr 

OFI I WITH LADY FROM 

I CLOA 



6 



3TREB. 
WHEN DID YOU LEAVE NEW YORK? 8»R«, PHIPPO? 

PHIPP3. 
NOVEMBER THIRTEEN— TWO 0* CLOCK P.M. ARRIVED IN LIVERPOOL NOVEMBER 
NTY THIRD, HALF PAST TEN A. M. EXACTLY 0N£ WEEK AND A HALT AGO. 
SPENT FOUR DAYS AND A HALF IN THE CITY OF LONDON ANO ICINITY. 
I SAW LONDON THOROUGHLY, 

MONT, 
VOILA L. AMERICAN^ HE'LL SEE ALL PARIS IN A FORTNIGHT, 

PHI PPG. 
I SHALL BE FN ARIS itCI'JCLY THREE DAYS. DETAINED TILL FRIDAY 
ON BUSINESS,— FlCUREO SILKS. I GHALL THEN RUN OVER TO SWITZERLAND. 
THEY TELL ME I CAN SEE WONT, BLANC PROM THE WINDOWS OF THE HOTEL 
AT GENEVA. 



BON, DIEUj 



CAR. 



PHIPP3. 
T^AT WILL SAVE OONJ IDERA0LE TIME. BERLIN. BY T^L WAY, |G A VERY 
BEAUTIFUL CITY, | f E STREETS, CAME FROM LONDON BY THE WAY OF BER- 
LIN, REMAINED TWER* THIRTY SIX hours— missed a TRAIN, cd 
FIVE HOUiiS. STOPPED OVER AT DRESDEN, Or' THE ROUTE FR I .' I , AMD 
AT COLOGNE, DIG CATHEDRAL, HONES OF ELEVEN T 10 V»RCIN3, IN 
THI . URSULA, I >ION*T COUNT 'em, hut i ..- ' ORE 

TO THE FACT, HE KOULDN'T LET UP ON A RIB, CUlDI I . 

EUROPE. 

MONT. 



YOU VI8ITC0 THE DRESDEN GALLERY, HONSIEUR, YOU 



PH I 



yC3 i ' ! -'' i: I ICTURCS, I 9PCNT ; EARLY r. El «v || || CAL , 

AT ; r • . 

MONT. 
D I Ai.'Li \ 



: " "RENCHl *Y, SEE YOU AOAIf-' STP 

f;Y -r,{)\r.c r. w,tr-'. .-arp To ATTEND Ar-T : THERE'S 

my card, sir c. ipashIncto* phipps, r:.Y. u. s. a. 

;'■"■' »TS L. UPSTAIRS i',ir.f;L^D DY SERVANT,, 
P--,fr>PS VJrr. UP STAIRS o STEPS AT A TIME IN 
RUSH INC PIT R. H. SC RVANT CALLS. THIS 
'■''AY SIR POINTING I.. U. E. PHIPPS " OH 
ALL RIGHT 11 PQUf[?s UP T--L-: STAIRS L. 'J. E. j 

STREP. 
R FAULTS MY COUNTRVMEN MAY '.AVE, _ AN— YOl ITH OWN 

THAT I A3TINC TIME IS NOT ONE nr '■ ' 

CAR. 
O'JI, Kin,'-: AMI , C'EAT VRAI, CE3*T VRAI . ;' MOVING Tn |.C 1 

MONT. 



BOOM— ,IZ— CHICK*. MR. PHI i ; is A BULLET. HE IS HERE AND E 
IS CONC, 

• E'TER LILL. THROUGH ARCH R. \j ,H . \ 

STREP. 
WY ' ,: ~ :OOEC TO HER.: HUT THERE'S YOUR FATHER DEAR? 

LILL. 



' ' FER. HE SAID HE FELT TOO 

n '- M. RECEPTION LIKE I •- ! s— 31 .,7 .,. ■ p ,, L AT 

A CERCLC TO '.EE AN OLD NEW YORK FRIEND, I IIL ^ 

E TILL LATE : SEE IMG MONTi ,.: ;.. . MONTVILLAIS, fcTHCY 3HC 

TAKES r.TREPELOlfi's ARP.J CO,'E, LET LIS MAKE -f L 
ME . 

-COINS > P C. THEY PAS:, "AROJAC. s DQf 

13 3CCN | G ,?Q/'" STAIRS.? 



STREBj, 



l UP C ' ; Y)U OVERLOOK THE COUNT 01 j ;, ,< # 

LILL. 
SLA'.J C-t [NO AMD rURMI 31 I r.MTLV An 1 .1,. 



jROUTLEDQE MOW ON STAGE MEETS STREB. AND 
LILL. PREPARfNC TO CO UP STAlRS f AWKfrARO 
GETTING OUT Or EACH OTHER* S WAYS. 

;ROUT. 
8 ON STEPS L. C.j J i'EC YOUR PA TOON, 

STREB. 
•AT FOOT OF STEPS j I PEG YOUR PARDON. Ah ROUTLEOCE CLAD TO SEE 
YOU HERE. 

LILL. 



1 BOW I NO FORMALLY; M. ROUTLEDCE. 

ROUT. 
MRS. ST REBEL OV — 

STREB. 

AND YO'J STILL PERSIST IN STARTING FOR ROME TO-MORROW. 

ROUT. 

» MUST TAKE THE EARLY TRAIN. 

STREB. 

:r We MUST SAY COOL) <]YE, THIS EVEN I NO. 

ROUT. 

YCS, INDEED— OOOO PYl, SIR— MADAME— FAREWELL tB0*3. t 

• STREP. AND LILL. MOUNT THE F I ROT ST EPS, 
M' -iEB. HIS WIFE ON HIS ARM TURNS 

MR. ROUTLLUCE, 

ROUT. 
ST RE : . 

YOU MUST AFFORD MC OPPORTUNITY TO BIO ; , , CE 



ROUT. 



IT I D ) MOT I ,Elj_ THAT PI 



r.TBEP. 
THEN AT GOME FUTURE TIME — GOOD DYE ONCE «OH£ — 

ROUT. 
COOD DYE. 



t EXEUNT UP STAIRG STREB. & LILL.; 

ROUT. .--XIT3 R. U. £. C RQJAC AND MONT' 
VILLA I 3 ARE CONVERSING.; 



MONT. 
DUT WHY? 



CAR. 
BECAUSE I NATE HIM. HE MADE A LAUGHING STOCK OF ME IN NEW YORK- 
HE CAME BETWEEN ME . . . AND . 

MONT. 
BUT NOT '-cRE . . . MOT HERE »N THE LEGATION. 

CAR. 



I£ AND NOW— H€ COEG AWAY TO-MORROW. 

- MOVES AG IF TO APPROACH ROUT , NO NT. 
PATCHED HIM DY THE ARM AMP DETA I MS HI M . | 



M r H-.'T. 



YOU WILL EVOKE ,. 3CAI AL-- I T WILL . , , CHAT MADAME STM 

13 ft*E CAUSE OF THE FITHT. YOU» V 6 BEEN DINING— YOU'fiE F L UGHED. 



CAiT^ 



;UTILL MORE EXCITED: WHAT I CARE— DOTH HE AND 9HC NAVE ALWAYS 

" ' CAVE HI I . CUE AT STiiL-TLOW* « T0 DAY I 

' ,LL B,VI QOOO CAUSE TO FtCHT h" HC W.LL FACE . ,' L L 

• CH THE:' TO LAUGH AT ALPHOMGE CAROJAC. 



;; T*_ 



MOM :-- COME HERE WHERE WE CAN TAU . 

AWG HIM OFF L. Si. E. j A : |T 

; r 

ARCH L. U. C. SHE ,s v ,| 

M ' Ml CJ 



10 



FLOR. 

• :A3>DE *- : a sensation at lagt a fight— swords. rut Hhoue colomy 

WILL HE ALIVE— | MUST TELL LILLIAN— 

•MEETG PHI PPG ON GTA1RG.; 

PHIPPG. 
MRS, BROW . . . ; F3U3. OF DODGING EACH OTHER.: 

FLOR. 
DON'T GTOP ME — f'f.1 If A HURRY. 

PHIPPG. 
DO AM I— PUT I THINK I HAVE SOMETHING TO GAY To YOU. 

FLOR. 
•ON GTAI RG. ; WHAT IG IT? 



DROWN GTILL ALIVE? 



YEG. 



IN C 1ALTH? 



NOTHING BUT THE GOUT. 



PHIPPG. 



FLOR. 



PHIPPG. 



FLOR. 



PHIPPG. 
THE.': I don't THINK i H AVE ANYTHING To :, AY — GOOD EVENl 

;MAKE.-> 'AY FOR FLOR. WHO UAKEG UP GTA I 
DISAPPEARS. j 

P'- I PPG. 
MORE STATUTORY, AH I IS THIS, tf OUT NOT . 

I THOUGHT 30- KNEW HIM PY HIGTORCH- | 

y hAT ' "^ TUE or HYMAN l»VC SEE. , . , \ 

IN LIVERPOOL, mil ONE, I F , A NA, DlJ 

THE Oj,, . IT CAH t T K ,,,., A< , NAVC WT|CCC 



1 1 

wears f a hi-'ad-t . IT must BE venus — I'll put IT 

I ;•':;: v*r> iv.T.ITEPi AMERICAN LEGATION VENUS NUMBER — I HAVE BEEN 
NlNETY-SEVEN VENUSEB ■ <■ I IN Liverpool — VENUS Is MORE 

POPULAR THAN HYMAN — IN EUROPE AMERICAN LEGATION — VENUS — NUMBER 
* LOOKS AT STATUE AGAIN: NO, IT CAN*T : - >r - VF.nUS EITH .-- TOO MANY 
CLOTHES FOR VENUS. VENUS I:' FULL 9 10 NOT POPULAR — IN EUROPE. 

I'LL CALL IT JUNO. SHE C QEl 1*3 . PA 39 OF MARRIAGE 

THE SUlDfi SOCK SAYS — JUNG 'WRITES: NUMBER THREE — I * M SHORT OF 

'e — Juno is not »a popular j$« let he, sec 

* PULLS OUT MAP; I CAN I WCT T»E ' R I VER TO RETURN TO THE HO- 
TEL BV THE WAY OF THE MADDYLEN — AND THE NATIONAL LIBRARY* $HOLQ- 

IN.-- OUT MAP: >DGE ROUND BY THE '/.AY OF THE CATHE- 

ORAL 

;Go^'- up ;•■. meets rqutl/dge who enters 

FROM CLOAK ROOM* : 



ROUT. 
■ IPPS, I YOU »ERE N , YOU IN A PARTICULAR HURRY — 

PHlPPS. 

I ' I a G . .Y. 

ROUT. 



" KJ •;•'.;• THE COUNT '. kROJACj 

PHI Pr's. 
:r i LA' im in r i MB LI WE*- J .' r 

I DUCEO -LOOKS AT Hi'' "'A TCH ; J 1ST I I AGO. 

JT. 



HE HA ' 'X WE — ALMS ' f I ' ".. fO-l 

PHI PR 3. 
MCH HI r. 

ROUT. 
INSINUATE! . JHAI 

t | OR? 



ROUT. 
COUF. |?.!TU TW I -ROOM. IT 13 A VERY DELICATE .MATTES — THIS 

PLACE |Q TOO PUBLIC — I WOULD AVOID IT IF I CAN WO ; -Y tAS 

TSi'-Y 00 OFF R. U, E. } THE REPUTATION OF AN AM R|CAN LADY I', I - 

volv-p In the — 

; ::IT ■".. U. E. THRQL'C-H A '■■'.■ H. g 
FLOP.. 

;COM-:r, i ov/': r,T f \\Kr. quickly. : I CANNOT i ■■■'- — l • vE 

N THROUGH ALL TH'~ P00i.!H — ;t:::Tf.R LlSETTE; ,V LlSETTE HAVE 
YOU BEEN MR! . -LOW? 

LlSETTE. 
r FOP, . OF AN HOUR. 

FLOP.. 



ILL Fl NO MR, P ON TH SOFA I 'II 

t f BY I' ll TILL ' '" . iLlO. GOING: STOP — 

UP r ll : T'l it, I'll co HOME »ITh lill- 

IAN — . i I" II 

LP HI • IT I 'I - !9, a: D, Pl. A! 

IF HIS POOR L SLIP* OFF THE SOFA — 
PUT |T !.", H IM. 

;Li:;-.T r .: cp.iTCr-t r, ahi/EE-mts l. h. $ 
poop oLf — - l take 

|*VE T i ' C0UPIQ3 ■■ i Y ...;■• A9*j BUt 

;f: '.a : LILLIAN IS — l*M BUBC J AC 

W|Lt DO I" .'.ILL BE MASN1 f — IN ALL F 

i IT I . — .-'■',., ill lr:- 

,-,'• A . I I VOLV I -- 

i IlLI lONAII E ' IN ■ i I 

I I I : I n .1 r THI f* LL I « IT ALL 

or; : . — uuv. . IP NAME J IF IT lY 

LI VI' — OR Tl U r ' ■ . IL- 
LI A I IUOT FIN! 

•.) '•■ up '■. ', i i . : i :. A 

■ r : : .-Ki.\r. MoriT. ..I pi h!.,i — ,-:<:'•■ r 

APCH ;■!: • POUTL \ ', I'HIP I" ITH I i . 



I. 



phippc?. 
TO liQUT. • you . : T-- l*H E FEM.O* MUST BE a SC ' .:l-- POU 

iL-.i^LOft':; :;a>.; : - AG '.';LLL AS FOfl HtS WtFC*«U 

;HO'JT ,\r.D PHIPPS HAVE TMCjR HATS I M 
|*HEtfl HANDS — ROUT. RAS CLOAK. PHI P PR 



COAT CM HtS AR.M y TH c :Y AP.E GQl MC OFF R. 3.EJ 

CAR. 
;L. !/>::A' >, >N;GLY. ; YOU ARE MOT <■ ING A'.'/AY, MR. R0UTLED6Ef 

ROUT. 
{STQPPtMO SHO RT; NOT ' . ' ■'■ CAROJAC. 

r :AR. 
i:. OPPORTUNITY TO ClVE YOU T) lATION . . . 

;. f .o: ;t. 
•TO ^ARUjAl.;' — J ,C. 

:,\ROJAC. 
•r.TOPPfJC m: T. it;- g.: r. r. . ■■- ■ LAI r 101 " I E, 

ROUT. 
i TLV* j I ., i ---- i fOU ITHOUT A"Y X PLANA- 

TION, 

r '!-; \:-.".\ m 
•To rout, at. irr:.; t UNKING, 

• r. 



;CRm'.'- Ir 1 Y<; '■! : ' L . : IT ME M, 

P'_.' ATI '. THE COUNT M A Lll i i r ■" r AT T rj;,\TE 

i i | l I \ If PLACED 

;■ <■ I ii.i 



: '■ I Tly. :" 

.' r R — ■ i •;.- .1 



I.; 



CAR, 

■j :)'::< iro to c,. : I T^ 1 I ca — 

IN FRANCE TH I • — *H!OH NO I WOift.fi 

GUILTY OF TO A F ■■ Y. 

jr::-'T ; : ; flop;, avp lilhan on htaiks l.u.c.: 
,ul; r. 

;A LITTL ;,!■;: ;■.: ' .,^,!LY. : |F YOU , JR, I BEB Y 

WILL FlNO A CAUSE MNCONN CT I IT 1 ; W : L D-Y ICAN 

on f , NCH — i ; : ' 1 CH A) A I '■' I L ' T If 'T- 

l i b F r r 7 LAS NfiEfc 

i YOU A »r:c- — 

.P.. 



; lrir.QL-".;:TLY. ; IS THI "IRST Tl ■■- I :ARB THAT 'LAC 

protected anything or amy body. 



ii'.XPOOTULATlNr'LY, . : .J.,C"~ fttON CHER! 

PHI PPH, 
I TO i;OUT« ; I" Y '* I BLAP US , l I LL— 

ROUT, 
i WAVING PHI! iCK, g TH \G PROTECTS Y oU Ml . 



CAR. 



•STILL MOP.i IVSO LTLY. • I SCO YOUR PARDON — ' PIS YOU WHO A P- 
P-'-AL TO IT — TH " ITH R n -I CAN RAG 

NOR i'ICOAT TO PROTECT HIM, 

ROUT. 



jpuasT I r : ou r, • Y 1 - OR A BLACK 

•FLO.. ■ 'f:L • . . : 



CAR. 



: HHlMC TO ROUT, : ENFInJ I , -- 

1 . I 



PH I : 



JMAO WITH M/ClTuM r:T. : I i 



IS 

jFLORCMC PEOPLE RUSJH OUT AT 



ALL DOORS 


AMD 


ON STAIRS, ROUTLEOGE 


KNOCKS CAf 


.OJAC 


1 DOWN. 


PHIPP9 MENACINGLY 


FACES 


MONTVlLLA 1 8« 


FOOTMAN 


CATCHES 


ROUTLH 


:dge 


ONE 


HOLDS 


carouac 


WHO RISES TO 


Hi 9 Fi 


" FT 


LlLL. 8TB 


,EB. GUSTS ETC. ON 


LAND if 


16 T!- 


| RE 


IN T 1 N 


ft TO SEE CAROJAC 


STRlCJ 


:Ew r 


OWN, 


WOWRN 


SCREAM, 


OLD CROWN 


HANDKl 


:rchi 


• r 


:: h- AD 


APPEAR! 


1 AT DOUR. 



C U R T A I N. 



: o; 



ACT 



I V 



000 



SCENE 



I S T. 



THE CURTAIN RISES ON AN EMPTY STAGE. 



AFTER A FEW SECONDS OF SILENCE PROLONGED 
AFTER THE APPLAUSE TO THE SCENE. ENTER 
ROUTLEPGE IN CIRCULAR CLOAK. FOLLOWED 
BY PHIPPS IN OVERCOAT. FROM TERRACE.: 



ROUT. 
; LOOKING ROUND*: THIS IS THE SPOT. 



PHIPPS* 

; looking round* ; solemn, splendid, and icy. ; pulls out watch. 
What do you call it? 



rout. 
all that the russian bullets left of a once royal chateau. 



• MAKING NOTE* : 



PHI PPS. 
IT MAKES ME SHIVER, 



ROUT. 
; THOUGHTFULLY*: HOW CALMLY THE FEVERISH CITY SEEMS TO SLEEP. 
PHlPPSi • PHIPPS COMES DOWN R.C. : I FEEL A STRANGE SENSE OF OM- 
INOUS AWE. I FEEL AS IF I WERE DESTINED NEVER TO LEAVE THIS SPOT 
ALIVE. 



nonsense'. 

THAT OFF. 



PHIPPS. 
IT'S THE FIRST EFFECT OF THE PLACE. YOU'LL SOON SHAKE 



ROUT. 
MAY BE SO, BUT THIS MAT! |Q SAID TO BE THE Bl WORDSMAN IN 
EUROPE. 

I PPS. 
DO YOU KNOW NOTHINC; OF THE SMALL SWORD? 



2. 



ROUT» 
I AM A PRETTY FAIR SWORDSMAN; I LEARNED ITS USE AT THE UNIVERSITY 
IN GERMANY; AND IN EUROPE, NO ARTIST' S STUDIO IS COMPLETE WITHOUT 
A PAI R OF FOILS. 

PHlPPSj 
♦ C ; I SHOULD FANCY THAT FENCING WITH FOILS FOR AMUSEMENT IS A 
VERY DIFFERENT THING FROM CARRYING ON A SERIOUS DISCUSSION WITH 
BUTTONLESS SWORDS. 

ROUT. 
NOT WITH ME, I THINK. I AM GENERALLY COOLEST IN THE MOMENT OF 
DANGER. BUT BEFORE THEY COME, THERE IS ONE THING I WANT YOU TO 
PROM I SE ME. 

PHtPPS. 
WHAT IS IT? 

ROUT. 



THAT YOU WILL DO ALL YOU CAN TO PREVENT THE REAL CAUSE OF THIS 
QUARREL FROM BEING KNOWN, REMEMBER, I FIGHT TO AVENGE THE INSULT 

TO OUR COUNTRY, SIMPLY. FOR LILLIAN'S SAKE, FOR STREBELOW'S SAKE, 

LET NO SUSPICION GET ABROAD OF — 

PHIPP. 

YOU MAY DEPEND UPON ME. 

ROUT» 

DELIBERATELY AND PERSISTENTLY THIS MAN' S JEALOUSY AND IRRITATED 

VANITY HAVE FORCED THIS plGHT, AND WHATEVER WAY IT END, I WOULD 

HAVE HIS ATTEMPT TO AVENGE HIMSELF FOR HIS REJECTION BAFFLED, AS 

FAR AS LILLIAN AND HER HUSBAND ARE CONCERNED. YOU UNDERSTAND? 

PHIPPS. 
I DO. WHAT YOU ARE DOING, I WOULD DO, THOUGH PRACTICALLY I DON'T 

KNOW A REVOLVER FROM A JACK-KNIFE, OR A SMALL SWORD FROM A CORK- 
SCREW, HUSH'. • LISTENS ; THEY ARE COMING. 

; PAUSE»; 

• ENTER MONT. CAROJAC AND DR. WAT3QN, 



THEY ARE ALL IN OVERCOATS. MQNTVILL AtS 

CAR.il i 3 I OUR 3MAI l- 3WOI I , THE DOCT 



A CANI . J 



MONT, 
TO ROUT. & PHIPPS.: YOUR SERVANT, GENTLEMEN. YOU WILL PARDON 



THE DELAY. THE SWORDS WERE AT MY APARTMENTS AND WE STOPPED ON THE 
WAY FOR DR. WATSON, ; BOWS ALL ROUND. : AN OLD LONDON FRIEND OF 
MINE WHO WILLINGLY AGREED TO OFFER HIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO 
WHOEVER MAY NEED THEM. 

DR. WATSON. 
; TO ROUT. : PLEASED TO MAKE YOUR ACQUAINTANCE, SIR, I SHALL BE 
HAPPY, BELIEVE ME, TO ATTEND YOU AS TO ATTEND MY FRIEND' S FRIEND. 

PHI PP3» 
HAPPY EITHER WAY — STRICTLY IMPARTIAL. 

ROUT. 
; TO DOCTOR* ; I THANK YOU, DOCTOR, 

; DR» GOES UP t ; 

CARQ» 



; A9 IF TIRED OF DELAY.; ALLONS — MONTVILLAlS. 

; MQNTVILLIAS ADVANCES C. PRESENTS TH E 
HANDLES OF THE SWORDS TO PHIPPS, WH O 
TAKES THEM LOOKS AT THEM, MOVES OVER TO 
ROUTLEPGEt ; 

PHIPPS. 
; TO ROUT»: I'M TO TAKE MY CHOICE, I BELIEVE. 

ROUT. 
CERTAINLY. 

PHIPPS. 
; 3TARING AT EACH SWORD IN TURN. MOVING TO C>; ABOUT THE SAME 
LENGTH, APPARENTLY, ; FEELS POINTS WITH HIS FINGERS. PRICKING IT i 
I NEVER SAW TWO BLOTS OF BLACK MORE LIKE EACH OTHER. I SHOULDN'T 
HAVE THE LEAST CHOICE AS TO WHICH OF THEM WAS PASSED THROUGH MY 
BODY. 

; HE REVERSES THE SWORDS , PRESENTING THE 



HANDLES CROSSED TO MONTVILLI 



I 



. 



4- 



MONT TAKES ONE, PLACES THE POINT ON 
GROUND, BENDS THE BLADES EACH WAY SEVER- 
AL TIMES*; 

PHIPPS WATCH INS HIM IMITATES HIM WITH 
THE OTHER SWORD. : 



MONT. 
ARE YOU SATISFIED, MR. PHIPPS? 



PHIPPS. 



PERFECTLY. ; AS! DE. : MINE SEEMS TO BEft/D AS MUCH AS HIS DOES* 

; ROUT* AND CARQJAC TAKE OFF THEIR COATS. 
STAND IN SHIRT SLEEVES*: 

PHIPPS. 
; TO DOCTOR* ; WON* T THIS BE A TRIFLE CHILLY*? 

DOCTOR. 
THEY WILL BE WARM ENOUGH AFTER THEIR SWORDS ARE CROSSED. THE 

EXERCISE WILL MAKE THEM COMFORTABLE. 

PHIPPS. 



ACIOE.: D D COMFORTABLE. 



MONT. 
I HOLDING UP SWORD C. WITH POINT TO FRONT.- MESSIEURS. 

; CARQJAC AND ROUT. CROSS SWORDS; 
ALLEZ. 

: FENCE* AFTER SOME PASSES, CARQJAC 
SPRINGS SUDDENLY BACK*: 



CARQJAC. 
j SPRINGING. BACK. : SACRISTY. 

ROUT. 



LOWERING HIS 3W0RD* ; PARDON ME. I BELIEVE YOU ARE WOUNDED. 

» THE SECONDS COVER THEIR PRINCI P A I N ft I TH 
OVERCOATS. ; 

CARO. 



• HOLDING HIS LEFT HANO, HIS SWORD BETWETN HIS TEETH.: THANK YOP, 
M. ROUTLEDGE, FOR THE COURTESY, A MERE SCRATCH. IT WILL NOT OFTAIN 
> MOMENT* DOCTOR. 



I 






• DR. AND MONT. GO TO CAROJAC. ONE SIDE O F 
STAQE» ROUT. JOINS PHIPPS QN THE OTHER 
SIDE OF STAGE. PR, WRAPS BANDAGE ROUND 
CAROJAC* S ARM. ? 

PHIPPS. 
♦ TO ROUT. : FIRST HIT FOR OUR SIDE. BRAVO. 

ROUT. 
k 9HAKINS HIS HEAO> : MORE LUCK THAN SKILL. HIS ARM IS MADE OF 
STEEL AND WRIST OF INDIA RUBBER. 

CARP. 
: TO MONT» ; IT WAS HIS AWKWARDNESS, NOT HIS SKILL. I ' LL FINISH 
HIM IN TWO PASSES NOW. 

PHIPPS. 
: TO ROUT* : ARE YOU COLD? 

ROUT. 
I' M HOT AS FIRE. 

CARP. 
♦ TO MQNT* ; FINISSONS. 

MONT. 
: ALOUD» ; GENTLEMEN'. 



; THEY FENCE AGAIN. ENTER STREBELOW 



AS ROUTLEDGE IS DISARMED.: 

STREB. 
t ON BRIDGE^; STOP. GENTLEMEN — 

l CAROJAC RUNG HIS SWORD THRPUGH RPUT. AS 
STREB. CRI ES STOP . ■ 

ROUT. 
I FALLING INTO PHIPPS ARM S.; TOO' LATE. I KNEW IT. 

: ALL TURNING ROUND TO LOOK AT STREBELOW. 
MONT, A CAROJAC EXCHANGE LOOK . THE 
DO CTOR I S PUZZLED* I 
MR, STREBELOW. 



6* 



STREB. 

; COMING FORWARD, C. GOES TO RQUT»; TOO LATEl IS THERE NO DOCTOR 
HERE? 

DOCTOR. 
; COM f MS FORWARD,: I BEG PARDON, I — 

; GOES TO ROUT>_[ 

STREB, 
I DROPPING ROUT.'S HAND.; COUNT DE CAROJACt 

CAROJAC. 



; RESUMING HI S COAT: M. STREBELOW^ 

5TREB. 
THE CAUSE OF THIS QUARREL? 

PHI PP5, 
OF THIS MURDER, STREBELOW? 

MONT, 
MURDER, SIR! 

PH1PP3, 
AY, WILFUL, DELIBERATE MURDER. THE FELLOW FORCED THIS FIGHT, BE- 
CAUSE HE KNEWHIS SUPERIOR SKILL. I CALL IT MUBDER. 

CARO. 



31 R, YOU WILL ANSWER TO ME FOR THIS, 

STREB. 
; CALMLY, ; NOT TILL YOU HAVE ANSWERED ME. THE CAUSE OF THIS 
QUARREL? 

; PHIPPS. MONT. CAROJAC LOOK MEANINGLY AT 
EACH OTHER- • 

STREB. 



WELL, COUNT, ARE YOU ASHAMED TO TELL IT? 



; ENTER LILL, R,U,E. FO LLOWCP BY FLORENCE. 
LI LL, IN DISORDE RED DRE33. MUSHES \- 
CROSS TO L>C. SEES ROUT . LYING ON GRO 
THE DOCTOR OVF;R HIM. 



7* 



LILL. 

TOO LATEl TOO LATE! OH, HAROLJ3, HAROLD 1 . MY POOR HAROLD'. 

; THROWS HERSELF BESIDE HIM.: 

ALL. 
MADAME STREBELOWi 

DOCTOR. 
BE CAREFUL, MADAME, YOU MUST NOT STIR HIM. 

L ILL. 

OH, HAROLD — SPEAK*. SPEAK TO M E '. 



: I N ASTON I SHMENT. ; MY WIFE I 

L ILL. 

DYING -- DYING — DYING FOR ME, WHO BLIGHTED HIS HEART. HAROLD [ 
HAROLD'. I'VE KILLED HIM -- KILLED HIM*. 

CARP. 
; TO STREB. POINTING TO LILL. : WELL, M. STBEBELOW, DO YOU UNDER- 
STAND THE CAUSE OF THIS QUARREL NOW? 

STREB. 
; RAISING LULL. ASSISTED BY FLORENCE.; I DO NOT, SIR. 

CARO t 



HE COMPROMISE YOUR WIFE, HE MAKE HER LOVE FOR HIM PUBLIC. 

: LILL. IS TURNING TO ROUT. HER HANDS EX' 
TENDED TOWARDS HIM.; 

STREB. 
YOU LIE, SIRl 

CARP. 
• SMILING SARDONICALLY.: I OOK FOR YOURSELF. 

: INDICATING LILLIAN.; 



: PAUSE. STR£B . DRAWS LILL. TO H I M . Dl 
' I- OAK ROUND HER, FONDLY AND CAREFUL I . j 



'. fill IS. 



SLOWLY. • CENTLEI TH l ' ■ LAO' IB MY Mil . FO I, HER 



8. 



FAITH AND HER HONOR, I PLEDGE MY LIFE. AND AGAIN I SAY THIS MAN 
LIES, AND FOR THIS LIE, I WILL HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE AT THE PROPER 
TIME AND IN THE PROPER PLACE. 



C U R T A I N. 



9. 



ACT 



I V, 



000 



SCENE 



2ND. 



BOUDOIR. 



; AT RISE OF CURTAIN ENTER LIZETTE L . C . 



FOLLOWED BY STREBELOW. LILLIAN' ON HIS 
ARM, THEN MRS. BROWN. STREBELOW HALF 
EAD S, HALF SUPPORTS LILLIAN TO SQFA. 



R.C. ON WHICH SHE SINKS EXHAUSTED. • 



STREB. 
; TO FLORENCE, • BELIEVE ME, I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR KIND AT- 
TENTION TO LILLIAN; SHE SEEMS BETTER NOW, - CROSSING TO LIZETTE . 
LET THE CARRIAGE WAIT. 

: EX I T LI ZETTE. : * 



• APPROACHING! L ILL. : 
SLEEP. : TO LILL* : 



FLOP. 
ALL SHE NEEDS IS A LITTLE REST -- A LITTLE 
YOU DO FEEL BETTER NOW? 



LILL. 

YES -- YES -- MUCH BETTER, THANK YOU. IT WAS THE SHOCK 
SHOCK -- IS HAROLD -- IS MR. ROUTLEDGE DEAD? 



•- THE 



I TRUST NOT! 



STREB. 



L I LI.. 



FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE SEND AND SEE'. 



FLOR. 



DR. WA1 PROMISED TO COME HERE AS SOON AS HE ASCERTAINED THAT MR, 
ROUTLEDr.E HAD BEEN SAFELY MOVED. 



LILL. 



THE SUi E WILL KILL ME I 



RISES AND WALKS. CRQ -' ! fO L.H. 
T0 R - C, ; 



10. 



DURING THIS SCENE UP TO THE ENTRANCE OF 
DOCTOR. STREBELOW IS INTENTLY WATCHING 
L I LL I AN. ; 



• FOLLOWS HER. : 

YOU FRIGHTEN: ME. 



mrs. brown. 
do calm yourself, lillian*. do not look so wild. 
i'm sure we all share your horror. 



L I LL. 

BUT WHO CAN SHARE MY FEELINGS? DID YOU SEE THE LOOK OF REPROACH- 
FUL ANGUISH HIS EYES CAST UPON ME ERE THEY CLOSED — CLOSED, PER- 
HAPS FOR EVER? I SHALL GO MAD 1 . MAD 1 . 



STREB. 
ASIDE. CROSSES BACK TO L.: '' REPROACHFUL ANGUISH.' ' 



: ALOUD.: 

I WILL SEND -- THEPE, THERE DEAR'. : RINGS BELL ON TABLE. L.H.: 
SWORD THRUSTS ARE NOT ALWAYS FATAL. SIT DOWN, COMPOSE YOURSELF. 
; ENTER LIZETTE. SITS AT L . H. TABLE AND WRITES.; SEND TO THIS 
ADDRESS, AND INQUIRE AS TO THE CONDITION OF MR. ROUTLED.GE, LET 
THE MESSENGER TAKE THE CARRIAGE AND RETURN AT ONCE. ; EXIT LIZ.: 
• TO MRS. BROWN.I YOU MUST MOT BE SURPRISED AT THE EXTREME AGITA- 
TION OF LILLIAN, HAROLD ROUTLEDGE AND SHE WERE OLD PLAYMATES, AND 
THE SENSIBILITY OF — 

MRS. BROWN . 
; C ; MY DEAR MR. 3TBEBEL0W, l*M FAIRLY ASTONISHED AT BEING ALIVE 
MYSELF. THE SNOW, THE MOONLIGHT, THE GREY RUINS OF THE HISTORIC 
CHATEAU, THE SUDDENNESS OF THE STRIFE, THE ROMANTIC ARISTOCRACY, 
AND THE ARISTOCRATIC ROMANCE OF THE AFFAIR MADE IT ALL LIKE A NOVEL 
TILL I SAW HAROLD ROUTLEDGE'S BLOOD ON THAT MAN'S SWORD, ; L ILL 
STARTS UP FROM SOFA, CROSSES TO R t H.: OH*. OH J THEN I FELT AS 
BADLY, AS HORRIFIED AS LILLIAN HERSELF. BUT : TO L I LL. : DO 
CALM YOURSELF, DEAR, 



LII.L. 

WHEN THE NEWS COMES, I'LL BE CALM -- CALMl 



MRS» BROWN . 
I ALWAYS LIKED ROUTLEDGE. THERE WAS NONE OF THE PLEBEAN ABOUT 
HIM. | REC0LLEC1 HOW GLAD I WAS WHEN IT WAS REPORTED THAT YOU 
HE WERE ENGAGI I . 



1 1. 



STREB. 
ENGAGEDl ENGAGED TO WHAT? 

I.ILL, 
: STOPPING SHORT, HER BACK TO AUDIENCE AND TO STREB.: ENGAGED TO 
B E M A R R I E D . 

MRS. DROWN. 
WHY, STREBELOW, YOU DON f T MEAN TO SAY THAT YOU DID NOT KNOW LILLIAN 
WE3TBR00K AND HAROLD ROUTLEDGE WERE ONCE CONSIDERED THE LUCIA AND 
EDGARDO OF NEW YORK SOCIETY? WHY, THE MATCH WAS -- 

L I L L . 



HER BACK TO AUDIENCE.: PLEASE SAY NO MORE — ABOUT — THE — 

: TURNS ROUND, LOOKS AT STREBELOW. AT MRS. 

BROWN. TOTTERS — STREB. RUNS AND CA TCH. 

ES HER IN HIS ARMS AS SHE IS ABOUT TO 

FALL. CROSSES AND PLACES HER ON SOFA 
R. C. • 



STREB. 
TAKE COURAGE — TAKE COURAGE -- | f M SURE YOUR OLD FRIEND IS SAFE. 
IT IS ALL RIGHT! ALL RIGHT'. 

L ILL. 



LOOKING AT STREB. PITEOUSLY.! IT NEVER WAS RIGHT. 



i AS 


STREBELOW 


1 S 


BENDING 


OVER 1. 1 L L 1 A N 


HI S 


BACK TO ' 


THE 


DOOR, ENTER 


DR. 


WATSON 


SEEN ONLY BY 


MRS. BROWN. 


< 


dHE 


GOES TO 


H 1 M 


QUICKLY, 


CATCHES HIM 


BY 


THE 


WRI ST. ; 



MRS, BROWN. 



I 3 HE DEAD? 






DOCTOR. 
• TO MRS. BROWN.; NO, RUT HE CANNOT LIVE AN HOUR. 

MRS. BROWN . 
IF YOU SAY THAT HERE, YOU'LL KILL MRS. STREBELOW. BE CAREFUL! 

: ALOUP. ; RE 18 THE DOCTi 



u 



L I L L ._ 
; SPRINGING TO HER FE£T. : AT LASTl AT LAST! : GOES TOWARDS DR. 
TELL ME THE TRUTH — THE TRUTH. IS HAROLD ROUTLEDGE DEAD? 



DOCTOR. 
NO -- NOi HE IS BADLY WOUNDED, BUT MOT DEAD 

L I L L . 
I S THERE ANY HOPE? 

DOCTOR. 
WHILE THERE'S LIFE, SCIENCE SEES HOPE. 



ENCOURAGINGLY. : 



STREB. 
THERE, THEREj I TOLD YOU 30. 

• PASSING HER OVER TO SOFA, 



THANK HEAVEN*. 



LILL» 



SINKS ON SOFA 



STREB GOES OVr R TO R.H, 



MRS. BROWN . 

: BEHIND SQFA. ; NOW DEAR, YOU MUST REST. THE DOCTOR WILL TAKE 

ME HOME. I'M SURE POOR BROWN MUST BE IN A DREADFUL STATE. I'LL 

CALL EARLY TO-MORROW. MOW GO, AND BE SURE YOU TAKE A GOOD SLEEP. 

good-bye', good-bye! don't RISE. 



CR0SSI NG TO C. : 



STREB. 
GOOD-BYE, AND THANK YOU, 



DOCTOR. 
GOOD-BYE, MR. STREBELOW, AND IF THERE IS ANY CHANGE FOR EITHER THE 
WORSE OR THE BETTER, I WILL COME AND LET YOU KNOW. I'm GOING TO 
HIM AS SOON AS I HAVE LEFT MRS. BROWN AT HOME. 



DO, DO I 



GOOD-BYE 



LI LL. 



STREB. 



; EXIT MR3. DROWN AND Pi . I. . . . 
STREBEI OJN AMD LILLIAN. 



13* 



STREB. 
WELL, LILLIAN, YOU HAD BEST RETIRE. 

L I LL * 
'TIS NO USE, JOHN, I COULD NOT SLEEP, 



STREB. 



WILL YOU GO TO NATALIE? 



LILL 



NOT YET. BEFORE I GO TO HER -- I MUST — 

STREB. 
: WITH FO RCED CALMNESS.: SPEAK TO ME? BETTER POSTPONE IT TILL 

TO-MORROW. YOU ARE EXHAUSTED. | CAN WAIT. 

LILL. 



NO, EVERY MOMENT OF DOUBT, OF ANXIETY WOULD BUT EXHAUST ME MORE. 
I WILL HEAR YOU NOW. 



HEAR ME? 



STREB. 
I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU WHO WISHED TO SPEAK 



LILL. 
IT IS! IT IS'. BUT I FEAR TO BEGIN. 



STREB t 
LET ME HELP YOU. YOU LOVE HAROLD ROUTLEDGE, DO YOU NOT? 



LILL. 



I DO NOT KNOW. | 01 D LOVE HIM. 



AND WERE ENGAGED TO HIM? 



STREB 



L ILL,, 



; SURPRISED.? YES, CERTAINLY, I WAS, 



IEB, 



AND HE LOVED YOU? 



L ILL . 



YES. 



! • : 



i i 



14, 



STREB. 
WHAT BROKE THE ENGAGEMENT? 

LILL» 
A LOVER* S QUARREL* 

STREB. 
AND YOU HAVE LOVED HIM EVER SINCE? 

LILL. 

I DO NOT KNOW. 

STREB. 

YOU DO NOT KNOW? YET EXCEPT MYSELF, EVERYBODY SEEMED TO KNOW IT. 

THE PAINTER SAW IT ON YOUR FACE AND PLACED IT ON HIS CANVAS. THE 

SHALLOW CRITIC READ IT AND DECLARED IT. AND I — I — YOUR HUSBAND 
LIVING BY YOUR SIDE EVERY DAY, EVERY HOUR FOR SIX YEARS — t -- I 

DID NOT SEE fT, DID NOT FEEL I T I : B I TTERLY. : LOVE IS BLIND, 
INDEED 1 . OH, FOOL'. FOOL ! 

LILL. 

BUT JOHN, YOU KNEW — 

STREB. 
I KNEW! KNEW WHAT? WHAT I KNOW NOW, WHAT IT HAS TAKEN ME SIX 
YEARS TO KNOW IS THAT THE HEART ON WHICH I REPOSED, IN WHICH I 
SHRINED A MAM* S TRUEST LOVE HAS BEEN VEILED TO ME AS A SANCTUARY 
TO WHOSE RELIGION' I WAS A STRANGER. YET I WORSHIPPED AT IT WITH 
THE DEVOTION OF A SAINT, TRUSTED IT WITH MY MAN'S FAITH, MY ALL. — 

LILL. 



; DRAWING HERSELF UP IN PRIDE. ; NOR HAS THE TRUST BEEN BETRAYED. 
MY DUTY AND YOUR HONOR — 

STREB. 
DUTY! HONOR! WHO SPOKE OF HONOR? I SPOKE AND SPEAK OF LOVE, OF 
THAT LOVE WHICH IN A WIFE IS THE SOLE INVULNERABLE ARMOR OF A HUS- 
BAND* 9 HONOR -- OF THAT LOVE WITHOUT WHICH HONOR IS VALU6LESS, AND 
LIFE A BLANK -- OF THE LOVE IN WHICH HONOR DWELLS AS UNCONSfi I 
A': FLOWERS BLOOM AND WATER FLO".";. GOD HFI.P THE HUSBAND WHOSE 
HONOR I S QUARDEO BY DUTY ALONE. 

LILL. 



YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID ALL THIS BrFORE. 



•5. 



before', before what? 



BEFORE WE WERE MARRIED 



STREB, 



LI LL. 



3TREB. 
BELIEVING THAT WITH YOUR HAND t RECEIVED YOUR HEART, WHY SHOULD I 
HAVE SAID IT? 

LILL. 

YOU KNEW I HAD BEEN ENGAGED TO HAROLD ROUTLEDGE, THAT BUT A FEW 
DAYS BEFORE YOU PROPOSED TO MY FATHER FOR ME, IT WAS SETTLED I WAS 
TO BE HIS W I F E . 



| SURPRI SEP. ; 

LIE. 



STREB. 
HOW SHOULD I KNOW J T? YOU NEVER MENTIONED HIM TO 



BUT MY FATHER TOLD YOU? 



NEVER I NEVER! 



L I LL. 



STREB, 



ILL. 



THEN MY FATHER DECEIVED ME. 



BUT WHY, WHY? 



STREB, 



L I LL. 



THAT I CANNOT TELL, UNLESS IT WAS TO -- 



TO WHAT? 



STREB . 



L ILL. 



• IT WAS TO AVOID AMY DTLAY OF OUR MARRIAGE. IMMEDIATE RUI -- 



STREB. 
i IATE RUIN'. THEM YOU KNEW Or THE THREATENING TCY? 



15, 



H L L . 

: ASTONI SHED. ; CERTAINLY. 

STRE3» 
A STAGGERED. : AND — AND -- ACCEPTED ME TO AVERT IT? 



STREB. 

THEN YOUR FATHER DECEIVED ME — DECEIVED US BOTHl 

LILLIAN. 
• FRIGHTENED. ; OH FATHER^ 

: SI TS R.C. ON SOFA. ; 

STRE3+ 



THEN I DID NOT MARRY YOU, I BOUGHT YOU. I BECAME, NOT YOUR HUS- 
BAND, BUT YOUR OWNER. THIS MARRIAGE WAS NOT A UN IBN , BUT A SAC- 
RIFICE. A SACRIFICE, NOT OF ONE, NOT OF TWO, BUT OF THREE LIVES. 
OH, HEAVEN I WHAT HAVE WE DONE? I SEE IT ALL -- I SEE IT ALL I 

; FALLS INTO CHAIR, L.H. ; 

LI LL. 



; RISES, GOES TO STREB. ; CAN YOU FORGIVE ME? 

STREB. 
; HIS FACE IN HtS HANOS»; WAITl WAIT'. 

; PAUSE. LILLIAN IS KNEELING BY STREB- 
ELOW'S KNEE. BOTH ARE WEEP I N G . : 

STREB. 
WE MUST NOT FORGET OUR CHILD. 

L I LL. 



; RAI SES HER HEAD. • NATAL I El 

STR EB. 



YES, L ILL I AN. LI 3TEN, 

LILL. 



HUT TELL ME YOU FORGIVE ME. OR HER SAKE -- FOR HFR 3AKI '. 



17. 



STREB. 
I HAVE NOTHING TO FORGIVE, BUT MY BLINDNESS. , SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT 
FOR BOTH. « WILL DO SO NOW. TELL ME, AND TELL ME FRANKLY, FOR 
FRANKNESS NOW ALONE CAN SAVE US, DO YOU STILL LOVE HAROLD ROUTLEDGE? 

LI LL. 

I DON' T KNOW. 

: RISING, CROSSING TO R.C.: 

STREB. 
; RISING AND FOLLOWING HER.J DO YOU NOT KNOW YOUR OWN HEART? 

DON' T SOB SO, BE CALM. 

LILL. 

I DID LOVE HAROLD ROUTLEDGE, I BELIEVE, WITH THE LOVE OF A SCHOOL- 
GIRL. 

STREB» 
WELL, WELL? 

LILL. 
WE HAD A SILLY QUARREL — BROKE OUR ENGAGEMENT. 

STREB. 
GO ON — GO ON'. 

LILL. 

I WROTE HIM TO COME .SACK TO ME THE VERY DAY I ACCEPTER YOU. HE 
CAME BACK, DOUBTLESS FULL OF JOY OF HOPE OF LOVE - FOR HEBOID LOVE 
ME. 

K SOBS. : 



3TREB. 
: THOUGHTFULLY* ; I RECOLLECT. 

LILL. 
; PITEOUSLY. : I REFUSED TO SEE HIM, WHAT COULD I DO? 

STREB_, 
WELL, AFTER THAT? 

L I LL^ 
HE WENT AWAY AND m WERI IARRIED. REGRET AT THE PAIN THI SUDDEN 
BLOW MUST HAVE GlutN HIM REMAINED WITH ME L ON BUT OUR NA 

WAS HORN, MY HEART . TO HER TO YOU. 



18. 



I UNDERSTAND. 



STREB. 



LI LL. 



I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND, I NEVER DIDl YOUR KIND LO'^E, YOUR WATCH- 
FULNESS, YOUR DEVOTION WON UPON MY MOTHER'S HEART* 



STREB* 



YES — YES. 



LILL. 

BUT I FEARED TO SHOW IT. I SCARCELY UNDERSTOOD MY OWN FEELINGS, - 

TILL -- TILL HE RETURNED. BUT WHEN I SAW HIM, WHOSE LIFE I KNEW 
I HAD BLIGHTED, LYING THERE DYING, AS I FEARED, REMORSE -- SHAME 

TOOK POSSESSION OF ME -- POSSESS ME STILL. I -- I — 

: SI TS p; C. ON SOFA. : 

; STREB. 

SPOKE AND ACTED LIKE THE NOBLE WOMAN THAT YOU ARE. 



LILL, 



AND YOU DO FORGIVE ME? 



STREB. 
AGAIN I SAY THERE IS NOTHING TO FORGIVE, BUT MY BLINDNESS, AND YOUR 
FATHER' S FOLLY. 

LILL. 

AND YOU WILL FORGET IT ALL? 



STREB. 



AND CONTINUE OUR MUTUAL SACRIFICE? THAT WERE TO PUNISH YOU. NO, NO*. 



LILL. 



WHAT WILL YOU DO? 



STREB , 
LEAVE YOU -- FOR A TIME, MAY' . NATALIE 
LESS UNION. 



POOR CHILD OF A LOVE- 



Ll LI 



» 9CREAMQ, 1 WE ME -- AND — AND TAKE NATALIE? 



19. 



STREB. 
■ PI TTERLT, A3! DE. : OH, HOW LITTLE SHE KNOWS ME, YET. : ALOUD. 
NO, POOR MOTHER, YOU SHALL KEEP YOUR CHILD, I WOULD REMAIN WITH 
YOU, TOO, WERE I A STRONGER MAN THAN I AM, I CAN READ CLEARLY 
WHAT IS PASSING IN YOUR HEART, BUT AFTER SEEING YOU SACRIFICE IT 
TO YOUR FATHER, I WILL NOT WEAKLY TEMPT YOU TO SACRIFICE IT AGAIN 
TO YOUR CHILD. 

L I L L . 



: PITEOU3LY.: AND YOU WfLL LEAVE ME? 

STREB, 
WITH YOUR FATHER? 

LILL. 



AND WHEN WILL YOU RETURN? 

STREB, 
WHEN YOUR HEART CALLS ME, WHEN IT CALLS THE HUSBAND AS WELL AS THE 
FATHER. 

LI LL. 



REMAIN WITH ME, AND TRUST ME. 

STREB, 



NEAR OR FAR, * Tl 5 NOT YOU I FEAR TO TRUST, 'TIS MYSELF. TO LIVE 
BESIDE YOU, DAY BY DAY, TO HEAR YOU EVERY HOUR, CONSTRUING EACH 
HEAVE OF YOUR BOSOM INTO A SIGH FOR ANOTHER, EACH MOMENT OF AB- 
STRACTION INTO A DREAM OF HlMl NO -- NO*. I*M NOT STRONG ENOUGH 
FOR THAT. 

LI LL. 

THEN BE IT AS YOU WILL, 

STREB » 
IT MUST BE SO. GO TO NATALIE, 

\ LlLL. GOES TO R, PAUS fr;, EXITS ."..I.E.: 



; SOLU S, j 'TIS ALL OVER'. \ WALKS UP AND DOWN STAGE.: 9T0 

BEFORE THE PICTURE.: HOW PLAIN I T9 9TORY SEEM9 NOWl THAT FACE, 

SO LONG TO ME THE SUM OF EARTHLY BEAUTY, THE QBJI C.J OF ALL MY Pfl 



I I 



20. 



IN THE PAST, THE PREF I GURAT I ON OF ALL MY HOPES IN THE FUTURE,-- NOW 
TELLS ME ONLY OF THE SUFFERING VICTIM CARRYING IN HER HEART A SE- 
CRET THAT MUST NOT LIVE ; IN AGONY t : A LOVE THAT CANNOT DIE* 

: PAUSE, WHILE STREB. LOOKS AT PICTURE 



IN SILENCE. 



LI 2ETTE. 



A LETTER, SIR, 



STREBELOW STILL LOOKING AT PICTURE. 
LIZETTE PLACES LETTER IN HIS HAND, WHICH 



RESTS ON HIS KNEE. EXIT L I ZETTE . L , 3 . E j] 

STREB. 
I WILL LOOK AT IT NO MORE. LET THE FACE BE VEILED TO ME IN THE 
FUTURE, AS THE HEART HAS BEEN IN THE PAST. : DRAWS CURTAIN OVER 
P I CTURE- AS HE DOES SO DROPS LETTER. PICKS IT UP, WALKS DO WN 
STAGE, OPENS LETTER» ; ROUTLEDGE DEAD'. DEAD 1 . LEAVING HER A WIDOW 
WITH A LIVING HUSBAND, AND LEAVING ME A WIFELESS HUSBAND AND A 
CHILDLESS FATHER. 

: DROPS INTO CHA I R» • 



C U R T A I N» 



ACT 5. 
0-0-0 

•SET SAME AS ACT 1ST. 

AT RISE OF CUR TAIN BABBAGE AND WESTB ROOK 
ARE DISCOVERED 5EATED AT A TABLE. 
PAPERS, ETC. ; 

BABBAGE. 
THE PAPERS ARE ALL RIGHT, OLD BOY. THIS ONE IS MINE — AND THAT 

ONE, YOURS. ; AS HE SPEAKS BABBAGE SPREADS TWO WRITTEN SHEETS O F 

LEGAL CAP ON TABLE — PUSHING PEN TOWARDS WESTBROOK WHO TAKES IT 
AND SIGNS EACH— THROWS DOWN PEN AND TURNS AWAY. : IS THAT ALL 

THE FUSS YOU MAKE ABOUT IT, OLD FELLOW? IT TAKES BUT A SINGLE 

CLIP TO CUT THE LONGEST CHAIN. ;WIPES HIS EYES. ; 

WEST. 
♦ IN EVIDENT EMOTION. RISES — SHAKES HANDS WITH BABBAGE.; STAUNCH 

FRIEND AND PARTNER OF THIRTY YEARS I I — 

BA3BAGE. 

THAT'S ALL RIGHT — WESTBROOK-- ALL RIGHT — DON'T MIND ME-- I'M A 

STUPID OLD FOOL I SUPPOSE. HERE GOES' 

tSICNS THE PAPER IN TURN. HANDS ONE TO 
WESTBROOK. PUTTING THE OTHER IN HIS POCKET! 

WEST. 

AND NOW — i- 

BABBAGE. 



AND NOW THE LAST PAPERS ARE SIGNED THAT DISSOLVE THE FIRM OF BAB- 
BAGE AND WESTBROOK, AFTER AN EXISTENCE OF TWENTY NINE YEARS, ELEVEN 
MONTHS AND FIFTEEN DAYS. WELL, ARE YOU SATISFIED? WE RETIRE 

WITH A LITTLE OVER TWO MILLIONS AND A HALF ApjECE — OWING NO MAN 
A DOLLAR. 

WEST. 



IF FIGURES NEVER LIE, WE ARE TWO HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL MEN. 



_BABB A G E. 



BOTH OUR SHARES SECURELY INVESTED. GOVERNMENT BONDS — REAL ES- 
TATE — A. NUMBER ONE-- TWO COPPER FASTENED IRON BOUND, SOLID BUS. 
INES3 MEN. IS THAT SUCCESS? 



WEST. 



IF FIGURES NEVER LIE. 

BABBAGE. 
HMj FIGURES ARE THE BIGGEST LIARS IN THE WORLD. GIVE A BOY A 
ONE DOLLAR BILL AND TELL HIM TO MULTIPLY THE AMOUNT OF HAPPINESS 
HE CAN GET OUT OF IT BY TWO MILLIONS, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND — HE 
WILL HARDLY BELIEVE THAT YOU AND I ENVY HIM THE HAPPINESS HE EX- 
TRACTS FROM THE FIRST TEN CENTS HE SPENDS r - KNOWING HE HAS ENOUGH 
LEFT FOR THE CIRCUS AND ALL THE SIDE SHOWS. HEIGH HO \ WESTBROOK, 
THE BIGGER THE FIGURES, THE BIGGER THEY LIE. 

WEST. 
•SIGHING. • RATHER LATE TO TAKE THAT VIEW OF THEM NOW. 

BABB. 

;RIS ING. : HM J WESTBROOK, THERE IS ONE MORE DOCUMENT — I... I... 

'ASIDE. ; SOME PEOPLE WOULD CALL ME AN OLD FOOL, I SUPPOSE — IF 

THEY KNEW IT! -ALOUD. \ THERE IS ONE MORE DOCUMENT I WANT TO 

TRANSFER-- IT ISN'T A VERY SHARP FINANCIAL OPERATION, -TAKES 
PEPER OUT OF HIS POCKET, HANDS IT TO WESTBROOK.; BUT IT WILL EASE 

MY CONSCIENCE A LITTLE. 

WEST. - 



-READING OUTSIDE OF PAPER.; A WARRANTEE DEED— TO LILLIAN WEST- 

BROOK 3TREBELONJ ;OPEfWS PAPER. GLANCES OVER IT. : GRAND STREET 

PROPERTY! MY DEAR BABBAGE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? THIS PROPERTY IS 

WORTH OVER HALF A MILLION. WE ALLOWED THAT MUCH FOR IT fN THE 

DIVISION OF OUR ASSETS. 

BABB. 



IT'S ONLY THE ODD HALF MILLION, OLD BOY. YOU AND I OWN FIVE 

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BETWEEN US — TAKE IT LARRY — FORGIVE ME FOR 
BRINGING IT UP, .BUT... BUT IT'S BEEN ON MY CONSCIENCE FOR THE 
LAST NINE YEARS. BY RIGHTS, WE OWE IT ALL TO LILLIAN-- POOR GIRL! 

I KNOW IT ISN'T MONEY SHE NEEDS-- SHE HAS ENOUGH OF THAT-- BUT AN 
OLD BRUTE LIKE ME HAS NOTHING BUT MONEY TO GIVE HER. IT WON'T 

HELP HER ANY, I KNOW-- BUT IT MAY HELP TO CASE MY CONSCIENCE A 
LITTLE. IT'S ONLY THE ODD HALF MILLION, LARRY. 



WEST. 
♦MUCH AFFECTED. ; AH, OLD FRIEND AND WISE PARTNER, YOU SAW BETTER 

THAN I . . . 

BA3B, 
THERE, THERE, OLD FELLOW — FORGIVE ME FROM BRINGING IT UP — BUT 
HOW IS SHE, TO-DAY? 

WEST. 



JUST AS SHE WAS YESTERDAY — AS SHE WAS LAST WEEK— LAST MONTH — 
LAST YEAR-- AS SHE HAS BEEN EVERY DAY SINCE JOHN STREBELON GAVE 
HER BACK TO ME IN PARIS WITH THE WORDS, ''TAKE BACK YOUR DAUGHTER, 
MR. WE3TBR00K, AND BE IT YOUR TASK TO SOFTEN TO HER THE MEMORIES 
OF THE PAST YOU MADE FOR HER AND ME.'' YOU KNOW HOW I BROUGHT HER 
HOME — HOW JOHN STREBELON MADE HER PRACTICALLY MISTRESS OF THE 
BULK OF HIS FORTUNE, NOW SETTLED ON THEIR CHILD, HOW SINCE THEN 
HE HAS RESIDED IN ROME. I DO NOT BELIEVE HE EVER RETURNED TO 

PARIS AFTER HIS TERRIBLE DUEL WITH THE COUNT DE CAROJAC. 

BABB. 
AND HE NEVER WRITES TO YOU? 

WEST. 
NEVER... BUT I BELIEVE HE CORRESPONDS REGULARLY WITH FANNY HOLCOMB. 
OH, BABBAGE, BABBAGE — HAD I BUT HEEDED YOUR WARNING ON THAT DREAD- 
FUL day: 

BABB. 
WE SHOULD NOT BE SHARING FIVE MILLIONS TO-DAY — BUT I SHOULD BEEL 
A HAPPIER AND A BETTER MAN. 

WEST. 
I'D GIVE EVERY PENNY OF IT TO BRING HAROLD RO'JTLEDGE BACK TO LIFE-- 
TO COMPENSATE TO JOHN STREBELON. 

BAUD. 
THE LATTER AT ALL EVENTS IS POSSIBLE. 

WEST. 
HOW? 

BABB. 
LI3TEIN. JUST AS SURE AS JOHN STREBELON LOVES YOUR DAUCHTER-- JUST 



AS SURE — YOUR DAUGHTER NOW LOVES HIM AND HUNGERS FOR HIM, TO-DAY. 

WEST. 
WOULD TO HEAVEN IT WERE TRUE. 

BABB AGE, 
IT IS TRUE. SINCE WE COMMENCED WINDING UP OUR BUSINESS, I HAVE 

BEEN HERE EVERY DAY. I HAVE REPEATEDLY SEEN LILLIAN AND NATALIE 

TOGETHER — I NEVER HEARD THEM TALK OF NATALIE'S FATHER — THAT LIL- 
LIAN DID NOT TELL THE CHILD HOW GREAT AND GOOD HER FATHER IS. 
NATALIE WRITES TO HIM REGULARLY; AND LILLIAN OVERSEES THE COR- 
RESPONDENCE. 

WEST. 
; EAGERLY . : HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS? 

BABB. 
ABOUT A MONTH AGO — THE DAY THAT ILLINOIS CENTRAL BOUNDED UP TO 
NINETY-TWO AND TUMBLED BACK TO EIGHTY-SEVEN — NATALIE CAME TO ME 
WITH A CURIOUS LITTLE LETTER IN HER HAND — THE DAY PERKINS AND 
JOHWSON WENT UNDER, YOU KNOW — SHORT ON ERIE AND WABASH-- PACIFIC 
MAIL WENT CLEAN OUT OF SIGHT, NATALIE ASKED ME TO PUT A LITTLE 
PICTURE, AS SHE CALLED A STAMP, ON HER LETTER AND DROP IT INTO THE 
BOX THAT GOES TO ROME. THE LETTER WAS ADDRESSED TO JOHN STREB- 

ELON. IT IS EXACTLY FIVE WEEKS AGO. TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, LIL- 

LIAN IS TRYING TO WOO HER HUSBAND — AND THE CHILD IS WRITING THE 
LOVE LETTER. 

WEST. 



HEAVEN GRANT IT-- BUT BABBAGE — -HOLDING OUT PAPER. 



BA3B f 
WELL? 

WEST. 
THIS GIFT — REALLY I CANNOT — 



BABB. 



LET ME HAVE MY OWN WAY ABOUT THAT, OLD BOY. IT IS A PRIVATE SPEC- 
ULATION OF MY OWN. - OPENS DOOR R. I. E. GOING TOWARDS D OOR.; 
IT'S ONLY THE ODD HALF MILLION. -REACHES DOOR. TURNS ROUM> 



• 



HERE COMES ANOTHER WHO HAS RETIRED FROM BU3INES9 fOO-- ONLY TO 



SECURE AN ACTIVE PARTNERSHIP PRETTY SOON, ; LAUGH ING. ; I THINK. 

WEST. 
WHO IS IT? 

BABB. 
•LAUGHING. : THE RELICT OF THE LATE MR. BROWN. I HEAR HER IN 

THE HALL. 

WEST. 
•GO ING. • THEM COME THIS WAY, ; TO UPPE R DOOR. ; TO MY ROOM. 

•WESTBROOK LEADS OFF BY UPPER DOOR.— BABBAGE TURNS TO FOLLOW THAT 
WAY, GOING LAST — TALKING A3 HE GOES.; 

BABB. 
BUT I'VE KEPT THE OTHER TWO MILLION — WHAT A HEARTLESS GRASPING 
SET WE SOLID BUSINESS MEN ARE. 

•EXITS UPPgR DOOR FOLLOWING WEST.: 

•ENTER FLORENCE, LOWER DOOR. ; 

FLORENCE. 



MR. BABBAGEJ -CROSSING TO L. H. : 

BABB. 
•TURNING BACK. : MRS. BROWNJ 

FLORENCE. 
HOW ig LILLIAN, TO-DAY? jRINGS BELL. ; 

BABO. 
•AT DOOR. : THE DOCTOR WAS HERE" HALF AN HOUR AGO, 



WHAT d ID HE SAY? 



FLOR. 



BABB. 



•COMING INTO ROOM.: NOTHING. 



FLOP,, 



PSHA! IF I WERE NOT A WOMAN I COULD GAY THAT MYSELF. RENTER 



LIZET7E L. D. : EXCUSE ME ONE MOMENT, MR. BABBAGE. -TO SERVANT, 
TELL MRS*. HOLCOMB, I WILL RUN UP TO SEE HER. I WANT TO SEE HER 
ON BUS INESS. 

BABB. 
BUS INESSj 

•EXIT LtZETTE. ; 

FLOR. 



•TO BABBAGE WHO COMES DOWN STAGE,;: I WAS ON MY WAY DOWN TOWN TO 
ORDER SOME NEW CARDS. STAKES OUT A CARD WtTH A WIDE BLACK MARGIN 

I CAME IN TO ASK AUNT FANNY HOW WIDE I OUGHT NOW TO HAVE THE MAR- 
GIN. 



BABB, 
YOU CALL THAT BUSINESS? 

FLOR. 
CERTAINLY. AUNT FANNY IS A WIDOW, LIKE MYSELF — WHAT DO YOU 
THINK, MR. BABBAGE? ;HANDS BABB. CARD. HE TAKES IT GRAVELY. 
LOOKS AT IT THROUGH HIS SPECTACLES.;, THE TWO YEARS ARE UP TO- 
MORROW. 



BABB. 



WESTBROOK AMD I BOUGHT AND SOLD STOCK FOR MR. BROWN FOR UPWARDS OF 
TWENTY YEARS — BROWN ALWAYS LIKED A PRETTY WIDE MARGIN H I MSCLF. 
•HANDS CARD BACK TO FLOR. : ALWAYS ALLOWED A WIDE MARGIN TOO-- ONE 

GOOD MARGIN DESERVES ANOTHER. 

FLOR. 
;L. H. : POOR .DEAR OLD BROWNJ - RUNNING HER FINGERS ROUND THE 

CARD. ; I'LL KEEP IT WIDE. HEIGH H©» HOW DO YOU LIKE MY NEW 

DRES3, MR. BABBAGE? NEAT, ISN'T IT? MADAME RAYPANGSAY IS SO 

VERY ARTISTIC! IT IS A VERY DELICATE MATTER FOR A DRESSMAKER TO 
GUIDE A YOUNG WIDOW THROUGH THE VARIOUS STAGES OF HER AFFLICTION 
WITH GOOD TASTE!-- ABSOLUTE WRETCHEDNESS — DEEP GRIEF — PROFOUND 
MELANCHOLY — CHRISTIAN RESIGNATION — SENTIMENTAL SADNESS. 

BABB. 



I TRUST YOUR PHYSICIAN HAS HOPES OF YEf PULLING YOU THROUGH. 



FLOR. 
THE IMMEDIATE DANGER IS PAST. FIRST: HE PRESCRIBED RETIREMENT 
FROM THE WORLD. SEVERE AS IT WAS, I TOOK THE DOSE. SECOND: HE 
PRESCRIBED CHANGE OF AIR. 

BABB. 
YOU TOOK THE DOSE — AT SARATOGA? 

FLOR. 

NO — SARATOGA WAS TOO GAY — HEIGH HO \ I RETIRED TO NEWPORT! 

I AM NOW A PROMISING CONVALESCENT. THE DOCTOR TOLD ME HE HAD BUT 

ONE more prescription to SUGGEST. REALLY, — I — 

BABB. 



•PR I LY. : A SECOND HUSBAND. 

FLOR 
YES. 



WILL YOU TAKE IT? 



BABB. 



FLOR. 



•LAUGHING. ; WITH ALL MY HEART* 

BABB. 
YOU HAVE SOMETHING MORE SUBSTANTIAL THAN THAT TO OFFER YOUR SECOND 
HUSBAND. 

FLOR, 
THANKS TO MY FIRST, I HAVE. HEIGH HO! - CROSSES TO R. : DON'T 

YOU THINK THERE IS DELICATE SUGGESTION OF SUBDUED GRIEF IN THIS 
KNIFE PLEATING, MR. BABBAGE? 

• WITHOUT WAITING FOR AN ANSWER FLOR., 
LOOKING AT HER DRESS, GQES TO LOWER DO OR, 
LOOKS AT HER TRAIN OVER HER SHOU LDER. AT 
DOOR. KISSES HER HAND TO BABBAG E AND 
EX ITS. ; 

BABB. 



•LOOKING AFTER HER A MOMENT.; POOR BROWNJ ALWAYS SO ANXIOUS 

ABOUT HIS MARGIN! THERE 1°. NOTHING BUT A MARGIN LEFT OF HIM NOW! 



8 



BROWN WAS ONE OF US — A SOLID BUSINESS MAN' 

♦GOES TO UPPER DOOR AS HE TALKS. EXITS 
SHAKING HIS HEAD. ; 

FANNY. 
•OUTSIDE. UPPER DOOR AS IF MEETING BABBAGE »N THE HALL.; AH, MR. 
BABEAGE, — MR. WESTBROOK IS UP STAIRS — 

BABB. 
YES — I KNOW. 

•ENTER FANNY R. U. E. CROSSES TO L. ; 

FANNY. 
•LOOKING ROUND. : NOT HERE. 

LILL. 
CENTERING UPPER DOOR. ; LOOKING FOR ME, AUNT? I HEARD YOU COME 

DO WIN STAIRS. 

FANNY. 
•S ITT ING DOWN L. C, : YES, DEAR. SIT DOWN. ;LILLIAN GETS ST OOL, 

S ITS BY FANNY. • HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF WHAT I HAVE SAID TO YOU? 

LILL. 



I HAVE NEVER CEASED TO THINK OF IT. 

FANNY. 
YOU ARE GROWING MORE AND MORE LISTLESS. YOUR HEALTH MUST GIVE WAY 

AT LAST- — 

LILL. 



•DEJECTEDLY. ; I AM SO WRETCHED — SO MISERABLE — HAVE BEEN ALL 

THESE YEARS. 

FANNY. 



I KNEW IT ALL THE TIME. WHY DO YOU NOT WRITE TO HIM? 

LILL. 

I DARE NOT? 

FANNY. 



tCOAXlNGLY. I WHY, DEAR? 



L»LL. 

OH, AUNT — IF YOU HAD SEEN, HAD HEARD HIM THAT TERRIBLE NIGHT, 
WHEN HE IN HIS ANGER AND DISAPPOINTMENT REVEALED TO ME THE DEPTH 
OF HIS AFFECTION — THE NOBILITY OF HIS MANLY NATURE-- REVEALED TO 
ME WHAT I WOULD NOT CONFESS TO MYSELF, THAT I DID LOVE HIM, HAD 
LONG LOVED HIM, WHOM I BELIEVED ME WITHOUT A SINGLE THOUGHT OF 
LOVE — IF YOU HAD SEEN THAT — HEARD THAT, YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND WHY 
I DARE NOT WRITE TO HIM NOW. 

FANNY. 
COULD HE SEE WHAT I HAVE SEEN, HEARD WHAT I HAVE JUST HEARD, JOHN 
STREBELON WOULD BE AT YOUR FEET, THE HAPPIEST OF HUSBANDS, THE 
PROUDEST OF FATHERS. ONCE MORE I TELL YOU, CHILD, YOU ARE RE- 

PEATING MY MISTAKE AND YOUR OWN. 

♦ENTER LI ZETTE. UPPER DOOR. _; 



LI ZETTE. 
MRS, BROWN IS WAITING TO SEE YOU IN YOUR OWN ROOMS, MRS. HOLCOMB. 

FANNY. 
TELL HER I WILL BE THERE IN A MOMENT. j EX I T Ll ZETTE. • I WISH 

SHE HAD CHOSEN 30ME OTHER TIME. ;R ISING. ; I WOULD AGAIN, I DO 
AGAIN URGE FOR YOUR OWN SAKE, FOR YOUR CHILD'S SAKE, LILLIAN — 
ABOVE ALL, FOR YOUR HUSBAND'S SAKE — TO WRITE TO HIM — UNVEIL YOUR 
HEART — LET HIM SEE HIMSELF THERE BESIDE HIS CHILD — AND THE PAST 
WILL BE ATONED FOR BY A PEACEFUL AND HAPPY FUTURE, BELIEVE ME. 

•GOES TOWARD UPPER DOOR. • 



MRS. BROWN . 



•CALLING. ; MRS. HOLCOMb; 



FANNY. 



I MUST GO — I HEAR NATALIE — ;MRS. BROWN CALLING AGAIN.; COMING. 
•LOUDER. ; I'M COMING UP, MRS. BROWN. ; EX I TS R. U. D. ; 

LILL. 






•SOLUS, Rl SING. ; NO-- I DARE NOT WRITE TO HIM — I DARE NOT ASK 

HIM TO RETURN TO ME — THOUGH I KNOW MY HEART WILL BREAK IF HE RE- 
MAIMS AWAY. -S TOPS AS IF IN THOUGHT. CALLS. • NATALIE; 

NATAL I E, 
: R UNNING IN R. ; HERE I AM, MAMMA; AND HERE IS DOLLY — WE'VE 

BEEN PUTTING HER HOUSE TO RIGHTS. 



10 

LILL. 
•SITTING IN CHAIR USED BY FANNY. AND PLACING NATALIE ON THE STOOL 



SHE, HERSELF HAD USED.; TELL ME, DEAR, HOW LONG IS IT SINCE YOU 
SENT THE LETTER TO PAPA. 

NAT. 



THE ONE YOU SPELT FOR ME? 

LI LL. 
YES? 

NAT. 
•TIMIDLY. ; I — I SENT ANOTHER SINCE, 

LI LL. 
•ASTON I SHED. • ANOTHER? 

NAT. 



YES — I ASKED UNCLE 3ABBAGE TO PUT THE POST OFFICE PICTURE ON FOR 
ME-- AND PUT IT IN THE BOX. WAS IT NAUGHTY? 

LILL. 



IT IS NEVER NAUGHTY FOR YOU TO WRITE TO DEAR PAPA. BUT YOU SHOWED 

ME ALL YOUR OTHER LETTERS. 

NAT. 



•ASSUMING IMPORTANCE.- OH — I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING IMPORTANT 

TO PAPA. 

LI LL. 



YOU NEED NEVER SHOW ME YOUR LETTERS TO HIM UNLESS YOU PLEASE-- BUT 
HOW DID YOU' DIRECT IT? 

NAT. 



AUNTY BROWN WROTE ON THE ENVELOPE, 



LILL. 



WOULD YOU LIKE TO WRITE TO PAPA, TO-DAY? 

NAT. 



» 



•CLAPPING HER HANDS. ; OH, YEP. — YES. 



I ! 



LI LL. 
AND LET ME TELL YOU WHAT TO WRITE? 

NAT. 

♦SPRINGING UP. » OH, THAT'LL MAKE IT SO EASY. -RUNS TO DRAWER, 

GETS PAPER AND ENVELOPE. TAKES THEM TO TABLE. LlLL.PUTS HASSOCK 

ON CHAIR AND L I FTS_ NAT. TO ENABLE HER TO SIT ON IT. NAT. TAKES 
PEN. ; NOW, MAMMA, WHAT AM I TO SAY? 

LI LL. 
DEAR PAPA. 

NAT. 
■WRITING. ; THAT 1 S EASY. NOW? 

L«LL. 



I DO HOPE-- ON THE LINE BELOW, DEAR. 

NAT. 
•WRIT ING. : DO OPE. 

LILL. 
HOPE. THAT'S IT. YOU WILL COME BACK TO AMERICA, 



NAT. 



•SPELLING AS SHE WRITES.: K- U- M- COME-- 



LI LL. 



OH DEAR, NOJ LET ME GUIDE YOUR HAND. -GUIDES NATALIE'S HAND. 

SPEAKING THE WORDS AS SHE CAUSES THE CHILD TO TRACE THEM.: COME, 

C- 0- M- E- BACK TO AMERICA, ; W I TH EMOT ION. ; MAMA WANTS YOU VERY 
MUCH. -SOBB ING. • SO VERY MUCH. SHE — WILL-- DIE, IF YOU DO 



NOT COME — COME BACK TO HER, TO ME, 



•LILL. SOBBING FALLS ON OTTOMAN.: 

NAT. 



t 



WHY THAT'9 JUST WHAT I WROTE IN THE LETTER I DID NOT SHOW YOU. 

LILL. 

•TURNING HER FACE FROM CHILD. : WHAT YOU WROTE? 

NAT. 



/LOOKING AT LETTER.: YES. I KNEW YOU WANTED HIM TO COME BACK, 



12 



I TOLD HIM WHAT LIZETTE TOLD ME WHEN SHE HELPED ME TO WRITE. 

LILL. 

'CONTROLLING HERSELF.: WHAT DID SHE TELL YOU? 

NAT. 
THAT THE DOCTOR SAID YOU MIGHT GO AWAY IF HE DID NOT COME BACK 
SOON-- AND THEN YOU KNOW HE COULD NOT FIND YOU AT ALL. 

LILL. 

-CATCHING CHILD TO HER BREAST.; OH, MY DARLINGJ MY DARLING! 

-KISSES HER. » 

NAT. 



I PUT THE PICTURE OF YOU THAT YOU GAVE ME LAST CHRISTMAS INTO THE 
LETTER FOR PAPA TO SEE. 

L I LL. 
•TURNING AWAY. FROM NATALIE AS SERVANT ENTERS LOWER DOOR.; OH, JOHN» 
JOHN. IF YOU BUT KNEW MY HEART TO-DAY AS WELL AS YOU KNOW MY 

FACE. :SEES SERVANT. • WELL? 

LIZETTE. 

•WITH LETTERS ON SALVER. ; THE MAIL, MADAME. TWO LETTERS FOR 

MR. WESTBROOK AND ONE FOR MISS NATALIE. 

; NATAL IE RUNS TO LIZETTE WHO GIVES HER 
LETTER AND EXITS UPPER DOOR.: 

NAT. 



-LOOKING AT LETTER. ; OH, WHAT A DIRTY LETTER; THAT ISN'T FROM 

PAPA. 



L I LL. 



LET ME READ IT FOR YOU. -TAKES LETTER — LOOKS AT IT.: IT IS 

FROM PAPA. -STOPS. ♦ 

NAT. 
WHAT MAKES IT 30 UGLY? 

LI LL. 



:L00KING AT LETTER.; IT IS STAINED WITH SEA WATER — STEAMSHI ' 

HANOVER! THE STEAMER THAT WAS WRECKED — NATALIE, THIS LETTER WAS 
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BIG OCEAN. 



13 



NAT. 
AND THEY GOT IT OUT AGAIN? 

LI LL. 
YES — AND SENT IT TO YOU. 

NAT. 
OH, THEY KNEW IT WAS FROM MY PAPA. DO READ IT. 

LILL. 
• OPENS LETTER. PICTURE FALLS OUT. ; WHAT IS THAT? 

NAT. 
•PICKING IT UP, LOOKS AT IT.; SEE! MAMA-- PAPA'S PICTURE. 

LI LL. 
•TAKES PICTURE, LOOKS AT IT — IN DEEP EMOTION.; HIS HAIR IS AL- 
MOST WHITE NOW — AND IN THREE Y EARS J ; KI SSES PICTURE. ; 

NAT. 
WHAT'S IN THE LETTER? 

LILL. 

•reads. ; "my little darling, i will take the next steamer for 
America: 1 ' the next steamer for America — 

i 

NAT. 



I'M SO GLAD — SO GLAD! - CLINGS TO HER M'OT HER'S DRESS_jJ 

LI LL. 
•LOOKING AT DATE. ; AUGUST THE ELEVENTH-- NATALIE, NATALIE — PAPA 

MAY BE IN AMERICA — NOW-- 

IENTER FLORENCE, UPPER DOOR.; 

FLOR. 



•STOPPING UP STAGE.; WHY, LILLIAN, WHAT'S THE MATTER? 

LILL. 

FLORENCE: NATALIE'S FATHER-- MY — MR . 3TREBEL0N IS COMING HOME. 

FLOR. 



OH, HE' 3 FOUND HIS SENSES AT LAST, HAS HE? 



14 

LI LL. 
THE NEWS HAS EXCITED ME A LITTLE, AND I MUST TELL MY FATHER. 

NAT. 
♦PULLING HER MOTHER UP STAGE. ; YES-- YES, WE MUST TELL GRANDPA' 

AND UNCLE BABBAGE. 

LILL, 
•TO FLORENCE. ♦ YOU'LL EXCUSE ME — A FEW MINUTES. 

FLOR. 
CERTAINLY. 

•EXIT UPPER DOOR. LILL. AND NATALIE. 



FLOR. 
♦SOLUS. : NOW, I AM REALLY GLAD OF THAT — LILL WAS BREAKING HER 

HEART .... POOR THING, I DON'T WONDER AT IT. WHAT'S THE USE 

OF A HUSBAND TWO THOUSAND MILES AWAY? - ENTER PH I PPS PRECEDED BY 

LIZETTE. • PHI PPS I 



brown: 



RETURNED FROM EUROPE. 



PH IPPS. 



FLOR. 



PH IPPS. . 
JUST OFF THE STEAMER. -TO LIZETTE. ; GIVE THIS CARD AND THIS 

NOTE TO MRS. HOLCOMB, AND TELL HER I AM AT HER SERVICE. : EX I T 

LIZETTE. • ;TO FLOR. : JUST REACHED THE DOCK. BUSINESS TOUR IN 

EUROPE THIS TIME. WASTED NO TIME ON SIGHT SEEING AS I DID THREE 

YEARS AGO. 

/ FLOR. 

WHAT STEAMER DID YOU COME IN? 

PHIPPS. 



VEAL DEE PAREE. LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR AGO; STREBElON AND I 

JUMPED INTO A CARRIAGE AS SOON AS WE TOUCHED THE PIER. 

FLOR. 
JOHN STREQELONJ 



15 

PHIPP3. 

LEFT BAGGAGE TO THE CURIOSITY OF THE OFFICIALS OF THE CUSTOM HOUSE. 

ONLY A SMALL VALISE — BOX OR TWO OF COLLARS, A FEW NECKTIES — HALF 
A DOZEN SHIRTS .... 

FLOR. 
MR. PH IPPS, PLEASE GIVE MY IMAGINATION SOME CHANCE. BUT MR. 
STREBELON? 

PHI PPS. 

IS AT H<S HOTEL. HE WAS IN SUCH A HURRY TO SEE HIS CHILD, HE 
COULD SCARCE WAIT FOR THE VEAL DEE PAREE TO SWING TO. THE NOTE 

I BROUGHT WAS FROM HIM — HE WANTS ME TO TAKE NATALIE TO HIM IN THE 
CARRIAGE I HAVE BELOW — HE'S CRAZY TO SEE THE CHILD. 

FLOR. 



INDEED! AND LILLIAN — HIS WIFE? HAS HE FORGOTTEN HER? 



PHI PPS. 



THINKS AND TALKS TO ME OF NOTHING ELSE — DID ALL THE VOYAGE — I 
TRIED HIM ON DRY GOODS. NO USEJ HE TOOK NO MORE INTEREST IN THE 

NEW STYLES OF IMPORTED BROCADES — THAT REMINDS MEJ -TAKES OUT 
WATCH-- THEN NOTE BOOK. ; I MUST NOT FORGET TO-- ; TO FLOR. : EX- 

CUSE ME, BUT I MUST GET TO THE BANK BEFORE THREE O'CLOCK. LET ME 

SEE, ;READ I NG NOTES. ; ARNOLD MATFHESON & CO. — AXMINSTER CAR- 

PETS — FIVE AND TEN OFF .... 

- ENTER FANNY, UPPER DOOR. r 

FANNY. 



MR; PHI PPS. 

PHI PPS. 



AH! GLAD TO SEE YOU-- JUST BACK FROM EUROPE-- GET STREBELON 1 S 
NOTE? 



FANNY, 



I HAVE ASKED MR. STREBELON TO CALL HERE AMD SEE HER. 

PHI PPS . 
•NODS. • RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND-- AND MRS. STREBELON 



FANNY. 



I AM NOW GO INC TO TEH. HER. YOU WILL EXCUSE ME? 



15 



PHI PPS. 



CERTAINLY. I EX » T FANNY, ; MRS. HOLCOMB HAS WHAT I CALL HORSE 

SENSE — MOST WOMEN HAVE. 

FLOR. 



YOU THINK SO? 

PHI PPS. 
♦ RETURNING TO HIS NOTES. : YES — OLD WOMEN, 

FLOR. 
OHI 

PHIPPS. 
•AT HIS NO TES. : LONG ISLAND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, I WONDER IF 

I CAN RUN OVER TO GREENPOlNT* IT WILL DO TO-MORROW-- BY THE WAY-- 
MRS. BROWN-- WHILE I THINK OF IT — MERRILL, COOK & CO., HALF PAST- 
DRAFT ON LONDON — MUST NOT FORGET THAT. ;TO FLOR. : YOU HAVE 
NOW BEEN A WIDOW UPWARDS OF TWO YEARS, I BELIEVE. 

FLOR. 
TWO YEARS, TO-MORROW. 

PHI PPS. 



;AT H IS NOTES. : WHITBECK, OLDHANGER & CO., ORDER FILLED PER SAM- 

PLE-- -LOOKS AT HIS WATCH.; HALF PAST TWO. ; TO FLOR . : WILL YOU 

BE MY WIFE, MRS. BROWN? 'LOOKING AT HER AS HE CLOSES HIS WATCH. 

PUTS IT INTO HIS POCKET AND THEN RETURNS 

TO H IS NOTES. ; 

FLOR. 
SIR'. 

PHI P PS. 

v 



will- you- be- my- wife? ; at note again. ; sorry i could not get 
those g00d9 for jones & cunningham. ; to flor. : i will drop in 
and see you thts afternoon. 

•florence staggers-- he catches her in his 
arm, places on ottoman. pause. sh c 
jumps up quickly . ; 

FLOR. 
HEIGH HOJ I HAVE CONCLUDED NOT TO FAINT, MR. PH I PP IE YOU 



17 



EVER STRUCK EY A CANNON BALL? 

PH1PPS.. 
NO. I WAS HIT BY A BASE BALL, ONCE. 

FLOR. 
THEN YOU CANNOT APPRECIATE MY FEELINGS AT THE PRESENT MOMENT. 
•SURVEYS HI M. : I RATHER LIKE YOU, PH1PPS-- YOU'RE NOT HANDSOME-- 

BUT YOU INTEREST ME. THE DOCTOR HAS PRESCRIBED A SECOND HUSBAND, 

PH IPPS. 



OF COURSE. THAT IS THE ONLY PRESCRIPTION THAT CAN CURE A WIDOW 

OF HER 17 IDOWHOOD. 

FLOR. 
I MIGHT AS WELL TAKE THE DOSE IN ONE FORM AS ANOTHER. I W | LL 

SWALLOW IT WITH MY EYES SHUT. 

PHI PPS. 



I'M NOT A SUGAR-COATED PILL, MADAME — BUT — 

FLOR. 

•LAUGHS. : PHIPPS, THERE'S MY HAND. 

PHIPPS. . 



•KISSES HER HAND. RETURNS TO HIS NOTES.: SEPTEMBER SECOND — 

SUPPOSE WE CALL IT THIRTY DAYS AFTER DATE? ;WRI TES. • 

FLOR. 
THIRTY DAYS FROM DATE. 

PHI PPS. 
YES-- BY THE WAY, WHAT IS YOUR MIDDLE NAME? 

F LP R . 
FLO RE WE ST. VINCENT BROWN. HAVE YOU A CARD ABOUT YOU? -HE 



Gt VES HER CARD. • THANK YOU. -READS CARD, ; GEORGE WASHINGTON 

PHIPPS. I SHOULDN'T LIKE TO FORGET YOUR NAME BEFORE THE HAPPY 

DAY. -CROSS ING TO R, • 



PHIPPS. 



EASILY REMEMBERED. FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY PHI P. 



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FLOR. 
NOW DON'T FORGET, PHIPPS, OCTOBER SECOND, 



OCTOBER FIFTH. 



EH? 



PHI PPS. 



FLOR, 



PHI PPS, 



THREE DAYS GRACE, YOU KNOW. ;FLOR. LAUGHS. PHIPPS WRITING IN, 

NOTE BOOK. : OCTOBER 2ND AND 5TH. WE SHALL BOTH FALL DUE ON THE 

SAME DAY. SAY HALF PAST THREE P. M. 



HALF PAST THREE P. M. 



SHARP' 



FLOR. 



PH I P PS . 





FLOR t 


SHARPJ -LAUGHS. EXITS UPPER DOOR R. 1 




PH IPPS. 


:SOLUS. LOOKS AT HIS 


WATCH — AFTER FLORENCE.; HMI 1 CAN GIVE 


HER SEVENTEEN MINUTES 


MORE.: -EXITS AFTER FLOR. • 




•STAGE REMAINS EMPTY A FEW MINUTES. 




ENTER LIZETTE AND STREBELON. R. H. LOWER 




DOOR. • 




STREB, 


1 WILL WAIT. -SOLUS, 


LOOKING ROUND HIM.: THE VERY ROOM! HERE 



ON THIS VERY SPOT IT WAS, SHE GAVE ME HER HAND. AS I STAND HERE, 

IT SEEMS BUT YESTERDAY — YESTERDAY IT SEEMED AN AGE! 

FANNY. 
"ENTERS UPPER DOOR. ; MR. STREPELONJ 

STREBELON. 



iTURMlNG TO HER. MRS. HOLCOMB; 

•THEJY CO TO EACH OTHER AND SHAKE HANOS. 



FANNY. 
I AM VERY, VERY GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE— HERE IN THIS HOUSE, ONCE 
MORE, MR. STREBELON. 

STREB. 
I KNOW YOU ARE — I UNDERSTAND AND THANK YOU. 

FANNY. 
MR. PHIPPS BROUGHT ME YOUR REQUEST TO SEND NATALIE TO YOU. IN 

JUSTICE TO LILLIAN I COULD NOT DO THAT. I FELT AS YOU MUST FEEL, 

THAT THE PROPER PLACE FOR YOU TO SEE YOUR CHILD WAS WHERE HER 
MOTHER IS. 

STREB. 
TELL ME OF HER. HOW IS LILLIAN? 

FANNY. 
AS WELL AS SHE HAS BEEN ANY DAY SINCE SHE RETURNED WERE. THE 

NEWS OF YOUR ARRIVAL HAS EXCITED HER A LITTLE — BUT YOU SHALL SEE 
HER FOR YOURSELF. 

STREB. 
SEE HER — SEE HER? 

FANNY. 
I WILL SEND HER TO YOU. 

NAT. 



;RUNN ING I N. • OH, AUNT FANNY, WHEN WILL PAPA BE HERE-- 

•SEES STREBELON. CATCHES HOLD OF AUNT 
FANNY'S DRESS. AND HIDES BEHIND IT, PEEP- 
ING OUT AT STREBELON. ; 

STREB. 
♦HOLDING HIS ARMS OUT TO HER.; NATALIE, DON'T YOU KNOW ME? 

NAT. 
•COmE-S FORWARD A LITTLE — LOOKS AT STREBE LON. UTTER S A CRY AND 

RU SHES TO HIM. ; OH, PAPA' PAPAj 

STREB^ 
[TAKING HER IN HI3 ARMS.: NATALIE-- MY CHILD! MY OWN DARLING-- 



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♦AUNT FANNY STEALS S I LENTLY TO DOOR. ; 

STREB. 
♦SITTING AND HOLDING THE CHILD OUT IN FRONT OF HIM. ; AND YOU DID 

NOT KNOW ME? 

NAT. 
0, YES, I DID — BUT YOUR HAIR IS SO WHITE — JUST LIKE YOUR PICTURE. 
OH, I'M SO GLAD — AND — 

STREB. 
♦ KISSING HER, THEN LOOKING AT HER.; HOW YOU HAVE GROWN — AND YOUR 

HAIR IS DARKER — HOW LIKE HER MOTHER. -KISSES HER AGAIN. 

; AUNT FANNY STEALS OUT UPPER DOOR.; 

NAT. 
IT WAS NAUGHTY IN YOU TO STAY AWAY SO LONG. I KNEW YOU'D COME 

WHEN I WROTE YOU HOW MUCH MAMA WANTED TO HAVE YOU HERE — AND HOW 
UNHAPPY SHE WAS WITHOUT YOU. BUT WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT? 

STREB. 
I CAME AS SOON AS I RECEIVED YOUR LAST LETTER — 

NAT. 



I KNEW YOU WOULD. 

STREBELON 



; THOUGHTFULLY. ; YOU WROTE ME A GREAT MANY LETTERS. 

NAT. 



• 



•PROUDLY. ; DIDN'T I? IT WAS HARD AT FIRST; BUT MAMA TOLD ME 

WHAT TO WRITE, YOU KNOW. 

STREB. 
tEAGERLY.J YES — YES. MAMMA TOLD YOU WHAT TO SAY TO PAPA. 

AND — AND — AND, IN THE LAST LETTERS, SHE TOLD YOU TO SAY HOW UN- 
HAPPY MAMMA WAS WITHOUT PAPAJ THE WORDS CAME FROM HER-- 

NAT. 



MAMMA DID MOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE LAST LETTER — AUNTY BROWN 



HELPED ME TO WRITE THAT — AND UNCLE BABBAGE PUT IT IN THE BOX FOR 
RO M E . 

STREB. 
-RISING AND TURNING AWAY FROM NATAL I £. : AND . . . AND YOUR MAMMA 
KNEW NOTHING ABOUT WHAT WAS IT IN. 




STREB. 
•TO H I MS ELF. ; AND I THOUGHT HER HAND HAD GUIDED HERS, AND THAT 
SHE CALLED THE HUSBAND WHILE THE CHILD CALLED HER FATHER! -PAUSE; 
''MAMMA IS VERY UNHAPPY WITHOUT YOU.'» IT WAS NOT SHE WHO SAID 
IT — ■ NOT SHE — HER HEART IS SILENT ST I LLl - RINGS BELL. RISES. ; 

NAT. 



•COM ING DO WN TO HIM. : WHAT'S THE MATTER, PAPA? YOU' RE- NOT GO I NG 

TO CRY — MAMMA CRIES-- BUT PAPAS NEVER DO— DO THEY? 

STREB. 
THEY OFTEN HAVE MOST CAUSEJ -CROSSES TO C. ENTER LI ZETTE. : 

YOU MAY SAY TO MRS. STREBELON THAT I CANNOT WAIT AT PRESENT-- I 
HAVE AN ENGAGEMENT-- I MAY CALL — I MEAN I WILL RETURN . . 
:EXIT LIZETTE, LOWER DOOR.: GOOD BYE, NATALIE-- -TAKING CHILD 

IN HIS ARMS. ; GOO D BYE. — :KISSES HER. • 

NAT. 
GOOD BYE? 

STREB. 

YES-- PAPA MUST GO NOW. 



NAT. 



WHY, PAPA, YOU'VE NOT SEEN MAMMA, YETJ 

STREB. 
I KNOW, DEAR — I KNOW — BUT I MUST GO NOW-- I MUST. 

•PLACES CHILD ON GROUND. GOES T '' 
LOWER DOOR AS L ILL I AN ENTERS UPPER D 



:Al . : JOHN . 



LU.L. 



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STREB. 
♦TURNS QUICKLY.: LILLIAN* -PAUSE. CHILD LOOKING AT BOTH 



IN WONDER. ; LILLIAN, I AM GLAD TO SEE YOU — 

• GOES TO MEET HER, EXTENDS HIS HANDS TO 
HER FRANKLY. SHE TAKES IT TIMIDLY.; 

LILL. 

YOU WERE GOING — WITHOUT — WITHOUT SEEING MEJ 

STREB. 
•EMBARRASSED. : BELIEVE, ME, I AM-- AM GLAD, MORE THAN GLAD TO SEE 

YOU. BUT I FELT I HAD NO RIGHT TO BRING ABOUT SUCH A MEETING 

WITHOUT YOUR OWN EXPRESS DESIRE. WHEN LAST WE PARTED I PLEDGED 

MYSELF TO THAT. I UNDERSTAND YOUR LONG — LONG SILENCE PERFECTLY. 

LI LL. 
PART AGAIN! iASIDE, CROSSING TO L. H. ; I KNEW I T\ 

NAT. 



•WHO BY HER MOTHER'S SIDE HAS BEEN WONDERINGLY LISTENING.: OH, 

PAPA — DON' T GO AWAY. 

STREB. 



•TAKING HER UP. • PAPA MUST GO — GOOD BYE, LILLIAN. 

•HOLDS OUT HIS HAND TO LILL. As LIL- 
LIAN STEPS TO TAKE IT, HER HEAD AVERTED. 
NATALIE WHO HAS ONE ARM ROUND STREB.' 5 
NECK PUTS THE OTHER ROUND LILL. TRYING TO 
DRAW THEM TOGETHER. ; 



KISS MAMMA. 



NAT. 

•LILL AND STREBELON'S EYES MEET. H E RS 

ARE FULL OF TEARS. THEY AVE RT THT I I 

HEADS FROM EACH OTHER. NAT LOOKS F ROM 

ONE TO THE OTHER. PAUSE. • 

STREB. 



•MASTERING HIS EMOTFON. PUTTING DOWN NATALIE.; THERE, THERE, 
NATALIE— GOOD BYE — FAREWELL, L I LL I AN, FOREVER. 



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LI LL. 

forever: 

STPEJ3. 
FOR THREE YEARS YOUR HEART HAS BEEN SILENT — WILL IT SPEAK LATER, 
THINK YOU? 

JLILLIAN IS SOBBING. : 

NAT. 
OH, PAPA-- I FORGOT — MY LAST LETTER. jRUNS TO TABLE. TAKES: LET- 
TER. ; HERE IT IS. -CROSSES TO C. ; MAMMA AND I WROTE IT THIS 
MORNING-- SHE HELD MY HAND. jGI VES HIM LETTER. ; 

STREB. 



•TAKING LETTER, ABOUT TO PUT IT IN HIS POCKET.: I'LL ANSWER IT 
SOON, DEAR. 

NAT. 

OH, READ IT NOW — PAPA. 

STREB. 



READING. ; DEAR PAPA .... MAMMA WANTS YOU VERY MUCH. 

♦READS LETTER. STOPS. LOOKS AT LILLIAN, 



JOHN! 



LILL. 



STREB, 



LILLIAN, LILLIAN'. CAN YOU REPEAT THESE WORDS WITH YOUR OWN LIPS? 

LILL. 
WITH MY WHOLE HEART — JOHN. WITH MY HEART THAT KNOWS NOW HOW 
MUCH IT LOVES YOU. ; THROWS HERSELF INTO HIS ARMS — AS FANNY 

ENTERS STEADILY UPPER DOOR.; 

STREB. 



•EM DRAC ING HER. : MY OWN WIFE — MY W I FE I 

tENTER UPPER DOOR. WESTB ROOK AND BAB B ACE, 

FOLLOWING FANNY, AND PHIPPS, AT LOWER DOOR 
FOLLOWING FLORENCE. • 



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FANNY. 
•DEMUR ELY. : I BEG YOUR PARDON. I WAS LOOKING FOR MRS. BROWN. 

FLORENCE. 
; S AM E AIR, : I BEG YOUR PARDON, I WAS LOOKING FOR MRS, HOLCOmB. 

PHIPPS. 
AH, STREBELON — LET ME PRESENT MY FUTURE WIFE — MRS. GEO. WASHING- 
TON, EASILY REMEMBERED, THE MOTHER OF HER COUNTRY— PHIPPSJ 

■LILL, RUNS TO TABLE — SITS DOWN, NATALIE 
BESIDE HER. ; 

WEST. 
:TO BABBAGE. ; MY CONSCIENCE IS AT REST AT LASTJ 

BABBAGE, 
MINE IS MORE EASY. 

STREB. 
♦ GOES TO HIS WIFE, TURNS ROUND. HOLDS OUT HIS HAND TO WEST.; 
IN THE FUTURE BEFORE US, LET US FORGIVE AND FORGET THE PAST, 

BABB. 
AND RETIRING FROM BUSINESS, SPECULATE NO MORE IN HUMAN HEARTS. 



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